The figures, for anyone assembling their own picture. Practical: whatever you change, write down the date and the reason. In three months the reason is what you will have forgotten, and the reason is what makes the record worth having.
One thing that is still open after JenPlateau’s answer:
What did you change at the same time, and can you separate the two now?
BethLabQueen said:Practical: whatever you change, write down the date and the reason.
I read this differently from BethLabQueen, on substance rather than tone. Filing an objection on the n=1 problem. Personal experience is genuine evidence about one person and very weak evidence about anybody else, and this thread keeps promoting the first into the second.
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Browse GL BiochemBethLabQueen said:Practical: whatever you change, write down the date and the reason.
Agreed, and one caution: a single measurement is not a measurement. Anything that moves day to day needs a trend before it means anything at all.
BethLabQueen said:Practical: whatever you change, write down the date and the reason.
That reframing is the part I needed. Taking it to my next appointment.