Baseline first.

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

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

Test one thing at a time. It feels slower and it is the only way to learn anything. Five years in on modafinil and it lines up.

Imprint first, country second, colour last. And photograph both sides in daylight. Currently on a coated tablet with no imprint myself.

Written confirmation email after every phone call. Cheapest insurance there is. Six weeks in on distance sale in the EU and it lines up.

You are not imagining it and you are not being difficult. Document it and take the document in. Same for me with a two-tone capsule, unfortunately.