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

Access to mugs should be on the clinical questionnaire.

Same here.

Currently on reading the leaflet myself.

Same here.

Everyone here blames the drug. Half the time it is the appointment schedule, not the molecule. How long have you been on reading the leaflet?

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

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 reading the leaflet too.

Ten percent cuts. Slower is faster. How long have you been on reading the leaflet?

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

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

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

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

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

Careful with attribution. You changed the timing, the dose and the season. That is three variables.

Half of what people describe as tolerance is a change in the underlying condition, and the two need different answers.