A narrower follow-up, since the general answer is now clear:
How long did you give it before you decided it was working?
Dr.RaviCardio said:One practical note: write down what you did and when, before you need it.
Pushing back on Dr.RaviCardio here. This treats a plausible mechanism as a demonstrated one. Plausible is where you start looking, not where you stop.
Dr.RaviCardio said:One practical note: write down what you did and when, before you need it.
Agreed on the substance. I would put less weight on the timescale, because two months of anything is not enough to distinguish a trend from a wobble.
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Shop Reference StandardsDr.RaviCardio said:One practical note: write down what you did and when, before you need it.
Saving this. It is the first explanation that did not require me to already understand it. Adding it to my notes with a link back to this thread.
Reporting back.
Late follow-up. I did not do what was suggested, I did something adjacent, and it worked; posting the difference in case it matters to somebody.