Photograph everything before you open it. Ten seconds, settles most disputes.

Ask for the longer appointment slot. Ten minutes is not enough for a complex history and pretending otherwise wastes both your time.

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

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

You are not imagining it and you are not being difficult. Document it and take the document in.

Ask for the longer appointment slot. Ten minutes is not enough for a complex history and pretending otherwise wastes both your time.

Test one thing at a time. It feels slower and it is the only way to learn anything.

You are not imagining it and you are not being difficult. Document it and take the document in.