Worth asking what specifically was measured. Pain scores move with mood and function does not.

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

Batch and expiry copied from a real box will already be nearly expired. That is the tell.

Loose evidence and no evidence are different, and people overcorrect in both directions.

Sleep first. Bad night, bad day, more symptoms. Fix that before changing anything else.

Half of what people describe as tolerance is a change in the underlying condition, and the two need different answers.