You have two changes at once here. You cannot attribute anything until one of them moves. Tolerance was my main issue with the returns policy too.

Everyone here blames the drug. Half the time it is the appointment schedule, not the molecule.

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

My pharmacist has become my actual doctor and I am at peace with it.

My pharmacist has become my actual doctor and I am at peace with it.

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

Same here.

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

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

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

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

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

Ask for the longer appointment slot. Ten minutes is not enough for a complex history and pretending otherwise wastes both your time. Tolerance was my main issue with the returns policy too.

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

My pharmacist has become my actual doctor and I am at peace with it.