Not glamorous, but keeping a copy of the prescription is the change that helped most.
The first two weeks are the hard part, after that it is automatic.
It takes ten seconds and removes a whole category of problem.
Worth trying before something more complicated.
The pain score conversation is thirty seconds of my life I will never get back, every time. Tolerance was my main issue with keeping a copy of the prescription too.
My pharmacist has become my actual doctor and I am at peace with it.
Worth asking what specifically was measured. Pain scores move with mood and function does not.
Is it normal to feel worse before better? Nobody told me that.
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. Six weeks in on keeping a copy of the prescription and it lines up.
Ten percent cuts, of the current dose not the original. That is the arithmetic that keeps it survivable.
Half of what people describe as tolerance is a change in the underlying condition, and the two need different answers.
It gets smaller. Not easy, smaller. That distinction kept me going.
Bring a list. Embarrassment makes everyone forget things, including you.
My pharmacist has become my actual doctor and I am at peace with it.
Ten percent cuts, of the current dose not the original. That is the arithmetic that keeps it survivable.
Ten percent cuts, of the current dose not the original. That is the arithmetic that keeps it survivable.
Same here.