The last ten percent of a taper takes as long as the first ninety. Nobody says so until you are in it.

I would take the narrow conclusion. Broad ones are more interesting and less true.

I would stop trying to convey how bad it is and start saying what you want them to do.

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

Same shape here, different drug. The thing that helped was documenting the refusal rather than re-arguing it. They refer rather than write.