Worth repeating that this is not medical advice and the answer often depends on who you are.

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

Worth asking what specifically was measured. Pain scores move with mood and function does not.

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

“Dispatched” means the label was printed. That is the entire meaning of the word.

Baseline first. Without a baseline the after picture is decoration. Two years in on psyllium husk and it lines up.

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

Changing prescriber does not reset anything, and people discover that the hard way.

Sorry, probably obvious, but where do you even start with something blank?

This is the kind of post the forum exists for.

Personal experience, labelled as such, is exactly right here. Nobody is prescribing. How long have you been on shift work and insomnia?

Worth repeating that this is not medical advice and the answer often depends on who you are. Same for me with lidocaine patch, unfortunately.

Same here. How long have you been on contacting the pharmacy?

Worth repeating that this is not medical advice and the answer often depends on who you are.

You are not imagining it and you are not being difficult. Document it and take the document in. Not on hydrocodone but the pattern is familiar.