No wrong answers, and yours is a good one.

Bring a list. Embarrassment makes everyone forget things, including you.

Small wins count. Walking to the mailbox is a data point. Not on a coverage denial but the pattern is familiar.

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

Log dose, time and sleep. Ten seconds a day and it turns the anecdote into something you can look at.

It gets smaller. Not easy, smaller. That distinction kept me going. Same for me with paying by card, unfortunately.

Sorry for the basic question, but how do you actually start one of these diaries?

Log dose, time and sleep. Ten seconds a day and it turns the anecdote into something you can look at. Not on caffeine but the pattern is familiar.

Reference ranges differ between labs, so comparing two reports is close to meaningless.