Easier to Come Off A Higher Dose?

[[ch...]]

This may seem contradictory to most information out there but is it actually easier to come off higher doses of benzos than smaller? I just can't believe how much I'm struggling when I was on a low dose. I am NOT encouraging anyone to take a higher dose of this poison. But I'm wondering if that could be the case.

[[Ao...]]

I have always noticed that when I get down to the smaller doses , I find it extremely hard and withdrawal symptoms hit me very badly. I notice this with ambien and valium. I also hard a really hard time with a drug called Lamictal so much so that I had to go back up and come back down again even at a slower rate. I feel I did learn a lesson here though as I went too fast with the taper in the first place . Mind you, my doctor had given me these instructions so Go Figure.

 

Definitely listen to what your body is telling you and BB advice .

 

 

 

[[ru...]]

I don't think it's easier, at least from my perspective. I'm having a hell of a ride from 3mg of K and it's no walk in the park. I gave up writing my side effects in my signature after every cut, too much typing involved for this guy and the bottom of my page would look like a short story from Stephen King 

 

 

[[be...]]

I have always noticed that when I get down to the smaller doses , I find it extremely hard and withdrawal symptoms hit me very badly. I notice this with ambien and valium. I also hard a really hard time with a drug called Lamictal so much so that I had to go back up and come back down again even at a slower rate. I feel I did learn a lesson here though as I went too fast with the taper in the first place . Mind you, my doctor had given me these instructions so Go Figure.

 

Definitely listen to what your body is telling you and BB advice .

 

Lamictal was a horror story for me to get off. No sx, but the taper-induced depression was just awful. I stayed in bed for a month and couldn't stop crying until it was over and done with. I refuse to put another single pill in my mouth. I would rather take rat poison. Bets.

[[dr...]]

My question would be when you got to the low level why not jump then and do the C/T? Haven't you already got momentum?

 

[[Di...]]

I don't think it's easier or harder at any particular dose. It's just that you really have to be careful how much you cut at the lower doses. How well you taper is very relevant to your dose and to how much of that dose you cut. When you are on a higher dose, in theory, you can cut a larger amount because it's a portion of a much larger dose. When you get to the low doses you just can't keep cutting larger amounts and you really have to pay attention to how much you cut because you are cutting from a very small amount. This is why a lot of people switch to doing a daily taper, because it's the only way of making small enough cuts.

[[Di...]]

My question would be when you got to the low level why not jump then and do the C/T? Haven't you already got momentum?

 

 

Speaking for myself, there is no way I could have done a jump from a very low dose. Even tapering right off to absolute zero meant that I experienced s/x for a while afterwards, and even now that I'm 4 months post taper I am currently experiencing an upswing in symptoms. It's the gift that just keeps on giving

[[dr...]]

Well my next question is whether Librium, at 25 mg per 1 mg Ativan, is, when used in one mg increments, enough to be comfortable in the taper. Would you want to get smaller than that? Do we know % of how many have to titrate little bits,vs how many can do a weekly cut?

[[be...]]

This may seem contradictory to most information out there but is it actually easier to come off higher doses of benzos than smaller? I just can't believe how much I'm struggling when I was on a low dose. I am NOT encouraging anyone to take a higher dose of this poison. But I'm wondering if that could be the case.

 

How did you come to the conclusion that it is easier to come off a higher dose?  I would strongly disagree and would not encourage anyone to get on a higher dose for that reason.

[[be...]]

My question would be when you got to the low level why not jump then and do the C/T? Haven't you already got momentum?

 

After you taper and get to the end an "jump" it is not considered a cold turkey. A cold turkey is when benzodiazepines are stopped abruptly without tapering.