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

Fifteen years of this and the function column is the only one that changed anything for me. Also, one page of history, printed, handed over at the start. It changes the appointment.

Same here.

Currently on storage at home myself.

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

Print the page.

Enteric coatings should not be crushed. The pellets are the delivery mechanism.

Reference ranges differ between labs, so comparing two reports is close to meaningless.

Ask for the longer appointment slot. Ten minutes is not enough for a complex history and pretending otherwise wastes both your time.

Is it normal to feel worse before better? Nobody told me that. Eight months in on storage at home and it lines up.

Function over score.

Following this because I am in the same place and have no idea what to ask at the appointment.

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

Worth repeating that this is not medical advice and the answer often depends on who you are.

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

Sleep first. Bad night, bad day, more symptoms. Fix that before changing anything else.