Small thing that made a difference for me with reading the leaflet. One change at a time, otherwise you learn nothing about which one worked.
Function over score.
Ask for the longer appointment slot. Ten minutes is not enough for a complex history and pretending otherwise wastes both your time.
How do you tell the difference between the drug working and just a good week?
Sleep first. Bad night, bad day, more symptoms. Fix that before changing anything else.
You have two changes at once here. You cannot attribute anything until one of them moves. How long have you been on reading the leaflet?
Following this because I am in the same place and have no idea what to ask at the appointment.
Everyone here blames the drug. Half the time it is the appointment schedule, not the molecule.
Ask for the longer appointment slot. Ten minutes is not enough for a complex history and pretending otherwise wastes both your time.
My pharmacist has become my actual doctor and I am at peace with it.
Sleep first. Bad night, bad day, more symptoms. Fix that before changing anything else.
Is it normal to feel worse before better? Nobody told me that.