Log dose, time and sleep. Ten seconds a day and it turns the anecdote into something you can look at.

Small wins count. Walking to the mailbox is a data point.

An inconclusive account is useful if it stops the next person mistaking a story for a controlled comparison.

Test one thing at a time. It feels slower and it is the only way to learn anything. A year in on adrafinil and it lines up.

It gets smaller. Not easy, smaller. That distinction kept me going.

Small wins count. Walking to the mailbox is a data point. Not on a records folder but the pattern is familiar.

File early. The window is shorter than people think and it starts at the transaction.

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