You are not imagining it and you are not being difficult. Document it and take the document in.

No wrong answers, and yours is a good one. Four months in on a long novel and it lines up.

It gets smaller. Not easy, smaller. That distinction kept me going. Not on a written medication list but the pattern is familiar.

Ten percent cuts. Slower is faster. Six weeks in on a certificate image and it lines up.

Same here.

Written confirmation email after every phone call. Cheapest insurance there is. How long have you been on Australia Post?

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