Priya, 45–50
Twelve months, including a nine-week stretch where nothing moved
Somebody should have told me at the start that there would be about two months where this looked like it had stopped working.
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When treatment doesn’t go as planned
Plateaus, dose changes, stopping and restarting. The middle of a treatment year is where expectations and reality separate — and where most people are least prepared.
Elena Marchetti · 4 Aug 2026
What gets reported, and what gets absorbed
People consistently under-report the experiences they assume are expected. That assumption is usually formed in the first appointment.
Elena Marchetti · 30 Jun 2026