Brand to compounded on cost, and what I asked first

Something practical: I wrote down exactly what I had been on, in the exact terms it was described, and handed that over rather than summarising.

You have described the bit that nobody warns you about.

The thing I would flag is that a number that looks the same may not mean the same thing, and checking that is the whole job.

I felt like new again for about three weeks and then it settled, and I had not expected any adjustment period at all.

Something I got right was asking my pharmacist to talk me through the new one properly rather than reading the leaflet at home.

What helped was doing the switch in a quiet week rather than around anything else, so that anything unexpected had room.

What surprised me was how much better the new device was to use, which was not a factor I had considered at all.

Agreed, and I have nothing to add to it.

I would say to anybody about to switch: get the new instructions in writing and read them back to somebody.

Same here, and I am glad you said it first.

My experience is that this went smoothly because two people checked it, and it would not have if only one had.

My prescriber restarted me lower than I had been, deliberately, and it was uneventful and I am glad she did.

What I found is that the devices were different enough that the practical routine had to be relearned, which nobody had mentioned.

Something worth knowing: my review schedule changed with the switch and I nearly missed an appointment as a result.

My pharmacist caught the error before I did and I have thought about that a great deal since. Ten minutes at a counter.