Is a baseline blood test really necessary before starting something like this?

Is it normal to feel worse before better? Nobody told me that.

How do I find the national register if I do not read the language?

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

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

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

What do you do about the fee? Do you just pay it?

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