When to hold at a dose vs continue titrating — my results so far

From the other side of the consultation, briefly. The mechanism and the magnitude are separate questions. Agreeing that something happens says nothing about whether it happens enough to act on.

NicoleRaleigh said:

If you are going to change something, change one thing and give it long enough to express itself.

There is a second half to this that has not been said yet. Most of what circulates confidently in this community traces back to one summary of one study, and the qualifier was dropped somewhere in the third retelling.

That is the short version; the long version is somebody else's post.

The figures, for anyone assembling their own picture. One habit that pays for itself: post the method alongside the number. A figure without its method cannot be checked, and an unchecked figure is how this community accumulates folklore.

Correct me if the detail matters more than I have assumed.

Following on from NicoleRaleigh — and this may be the naive question:

How would you tell the difference between that and the alternative explanation?

Moderator note: a couple of off-topic posts removed. Report rather than reply if it drifts again.