Function over score.

Ten percent cuts, of the current dose not the original. That is the arithmetic that keeps it survivable.

Ten percent cuts. Slower is faster. Side effects was my main issue with keeping a copy of the prescription too.

How do you tell the difference between the drug working and just a good week? Not on keeping a copy of the prescription but the pattern is familiar.

Worth asking what specifically was measured. Pain scores move with mood and function does not.

It gets smaller. Not easy, smaller. That distinction kept me going.

Same here.

Sorry for the basic question, but how do you actually start one of these diaries?

Interdose restlessness is distinct from the original symptom and worth naming separately.

Worth asking what specifically was measured. Pain scores move with mood and function does not.

Ten percent cuts. Slower is faster. Three weeks in on keeping a copy of the prescription and it lines up.

Worth asking what specifically was measured. Pain scores move with mood and function does not.

Enteric coatings should not be crushed. The pellets are the delivery mechanism.

Is it normal to feel worse before better? Nobody told me that.

Ten percent cuts. Slower is faster.