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

It gets smaller. Not easy, smaller. That distinction kept me going. Tolerance was my main issue with paying by card too.

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

This is the correct amount of effort for a thread like this.

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

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

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