Careful with attribution. You changed the timing, the dose and the season. That is three variables. Three weeks in on gabapentin and it lines up.

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

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

Is it normal to feel worse before better? Nobody told me that. Sun sensitivity was my main issue with minocycline too.

Nobody has ever been talked out of a stack by a stranger on the internet.

Careful with attribution. You changed the timing, the dose and the season. That is three variables.

Following this because I am in the same place and have no idea what to ask at the appointment.

This board overrates bloodwork. A number moving is not the outcome you wanted. How long have you been on probiotics?