Not glamorous, but a second opinion is the change that helped most.
One change at a time, otherwise you learn nothing about which one worked.
It sounds fussy until the day it saves you five minutes and an argument.
Worth trying before something more complicated.
It gets smaller. Not easy, smaller. That distinction kept me going. Not on a second opinion but the pattern is familiar.
Worth asking what specifically was measured. Pain scores move with mood and function does not. Tolerance was my main issue with a second opinion too.
You are not imagining it and you are not being difficult. Document it and take the document in.
Half of what people describe as tolerance is a change in the underlying condition, and the two need different answers.
How do you tell the difference between the drug working and just a good week? Not on a second opinion but the pattern is familiar.
Print the page.
Everyone here blames the drug. Half the time it is the appointment schedule, not the molecule. Same for me with a second opinion, unfortunately.
Same here.
You have two changes at once here. You cannot attribute anything until one of them moves. Currently on a second opinion myself.
How do you tell the difference between the drug working and just a good week?
Following this because I am in the same place and have no idea what to ask at the appointment.
Following this because I am in the same place and have no idea what to ask at the appointment. How long have you been on a second opinion?
Changing prescriber does not reset anything, and people discover that the hard way.
Is it normal to feel worse before better? Nobody told me that.