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

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

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

Same.

File early. The window is shorter than people think and it starts at the transaction.

Everyone here blames the drug. Half the time it is the appointment schedule, not the molecule.

Is it normal to feel worse before better? Nobody told me that. Mild sedation was my main issue with kratom too.

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