Sharing this because it took me an embarrassingly long time to work out.
Same here.
Ask for the longer appointment slot. Ten minutes is not enough for a complex history and pretending otherwise wastes both your time.
Same here.
I would stop trying to convey how bad it is and start saying what you want them to do.
Changing prescriber does not reset anything, and people discover that the hard way.
Bring a list. Embarrassment makes everyone forget things, including you.
Changing prescriber does not reset anything, and people discover that the hard way.
Worth repeating that this is not medical advice and the answer often depends on who you are.
You have two changes at once here. You cannot attribute anything until one of them moves.
The pain score conversation is thirty seconds of my life I will never get back, every time.
Print the page. A fortnight in on splitting an order and it lines up.
The last ten percent of a taper takes as long as the first ninety. Nobody says so until you are in it.
Ask for the longer appointment slot. Ten minutes is not enough for a complex history and pretending otherwise wastes both your time.
Ten percent cuts, of the current dose not the original. That is the arithmetic that keeps it survivable.