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

Loose evidence is not nothing, but a washout either side is the only reason to trust your own take.

Baseline first. Without a baseline the after picture is decoration.

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

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

Ten percent cuts, of the current dose not the original. That is the arithmetic that keeps it survivable.

Changing prescriber does not reset anything, and people discover that the hard way. Tolerance was my main issue with a second opinion too.

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