Nobody asked about my Crohn's before prescribing

My pharmacist was more use than anyone. Ten minutes at the counter, no appointment, no charge.

Can I gently push back on one thing? Not the substance, just the framing — you have written twice that you should be coping better. Who told you that?

Yes to the burping. It is real, it is unbeautiful, and it does settle.

For what it is worth, the trial data on this is thinner than the confidence of the internet would suggest. Worth knowing when you read the posts.

the reply above said something I want to sit with for a second.

It got worse before it got better for me, which I wish someone had said. About ten days of worse.

Have you got anyone who can be with you when you do it? It made an enormous difference to me and I felt silly asking.

Mine lasted about seven weeks and then lifted over a few days. I cannot tell you why. I can tell you it lifted.

Different experience here, for balance. Mine did not improve and in the end I stopped, and that was the right call for me. Both outcomes exist.

I keep a two-line diary and it is the only reason I could answer this question about myself. Worth starting even now.

I did exactly the same and felt terrible about it. You have not done anything wrong.

Building on what the reply above wrote rather than answering the original question.

Practical, boring answer: write the three questions down before you go in. I have never once remembered them otherwise.