I would stop trying to convey how bad it is and start saying what you want them to do.

Is it normal to feel worse before better? Nobody told me that.

Same here.

My rule, after years of this: if it cannot survive being written down with the numbers attached, it is marketing.

Half of what people describe as tolerance is a change in the underlying condition, and the two need different answers.

I would stop trying to convey how bad it is and start saying what you want them to do.

The last ten percent of a taper takes as long as the first ninety. Nobody says so until you are in it. Currently on reading the leaflet myself.

The published rule and the enforcement pattern are different documents. Only one of them affects you.