How do you tell the difference between the drug working and just a good week?

Personal experience, labelled as such, is exactly right here. Nobody is prescribing.

This is the kind of post the forum exists for.

Did not know half of this. Thanks.

What do you do about the fee? Do you just pay it? Same for me with a debit card, unfortunately.

Photograph everything.

Same here.

Name the active ingredient, not just the brand. It makes these threads searchable years later.