Following this because I am in the same place and have no idea what to ask at the appointment. Not on a plain packaging preference but the pattern is familiar.

Ten percent cuts. Slower is faster.

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

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

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

Same shape here, different drug. The thing that helped was documenting the refusal rather than re-arguing it. They refer rather than write.

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

Print the page. Currently on a plain packaging preference myself.

Same here.

I would stop trying to convey how bad it is and start saying what you want them to do.

The pain score conversation is thirty seconds of my life I will never get back, every time.

The pain score conversation is thirty seconds of my life I will never get back, every time. Currently on a plain packaging preference myself.

Ten percent cuts. Slower is faster.