One concrete data point for the thread. One practical note: write down what you did and when, before you need it. Reconstructing a timeline from memory three months later is how people end up unable to answer the one question that would have resolved it.
A narrower follow-up, since the general answer is now clear:
How long did you give it before you decided it was working?
Dr.GutHealth said:One practical note: write down what you did and when, before you need it.
I am going to disagree with the direction of travel here. The thread has converged on the tidiest answer rather than the best-supported one, and those are not the same thing.
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Browse GL BiochemDr.GutHealth said:One practical note: write down what you did and when, before you need it.
Fair, and it stops being fair at the extremes. The middle of the range is well understood; the ends are where the honest answer is that nobody knows.
Dr.GutHealth said:One practical note: write down what you did and when, before you need it.
Thank you for spelling out the reasoning rather than just the conclusion. Sending this to two other people who asked me the same thing last week.