Before your appointment
Walking in prepared
By Joshua Nichvolodoff · Fact-checked against sources November 2, 2026 · Next review due November 2, 2027
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Appointments go better with a single page in hand. You don't need a spreadsheet — you need the few things that let the conversation be about you instead of about reconstructing the last three months from memory.
What's worth bringing
Your trend, not a pile of daily numbers. Your dose history and any changes, with rough dates. Side effects and when they showed up. How much supply you have left. It fits on one page.
The one-pager
Light Years can turn your history into a clean summary — your trend, your doses, and a few prompts — the kind of page you can hand across the desk. It's built to be read quickly.
Questions worth asking
What should I expect between now and the next visit? Is my titration on the schedule you intended? How should I handle the side effects I'm seeing? And, in Canada: is there a generic version of my medication, and what would it cost me? These are prompts to raise, not answers to assume.
A single rough week is one data point — bring the trend. This guide is general information, not medical advice.
Light Years turns your own logs into a one-page summary to bring along. Open my appointment summary or browse the other guides.
Changes to this page
- — Moved to the Start here hub; minor wording edits.
- — First published.
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