How do you tell the difference between the drug working and just a good week?

The last ten percent of a taper takes as long as the first ninety. Nobody says so until you are in it.

Ten percent cuts. Slower is faster.

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

Function over score.

You are not imagining it and you are not being difficult. Document it and take the document in.

Ten percent cuts. Slower is faster.

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

Reference ranges differ between labs, so comparing two reports is close to meaningless.

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.

Personal experience, labelled as such, is exactly right here. Nobody is prescribing.

Print the page.

Function over score.

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