I need to....

[[th...]]

make a change. I need to do something different in this taper. I feel defeated and I need to change it up so I feel like I am winning this battle instead of drowning in it. Which,right now, I feel I am buried and drowning with no strength left to finish it.

 

I am now at:

 

3am .0625mg

9am .0625mg

3pm .0625mg

9pm .125mg

 

I was going to wait to get to .0625mg with each dose before cutting out the doses but I need to feel I am really coming to the end and making progress bc I feel like it's never going to end. So next week I am going to start cutting the doses out starting with the 3am dose. I will leave the night dose of .125 mg till last. Making two cuts of .0625mgs to get to 0.

 

I need to make a change with this process or I might go insane. I feel I am close enough to the end to do this now. Wish me luck.

 

Grinch

[[sa...]]

Good luck G!

 

 

[[Fr...]]

I don't know what to suggest, Grinch. Your plan sounds solid. I'd probably do what you are doing and eliminate some doses before jumping. Your patience will pay off. Hang in there.

[[Th...]]

Hmmm....i think cutting out the 3am dose is a good idea.  Are you usually up at that time?  Forgive me if that is a dumb question....i don't know where you are at with insomnia.  But i would try to dose in a way where you have a long stretch at night without having to dose.  Like, dosing at 11pm and and then again at 6am? 

[[be...]]

Good luck Grinch! No point keeping your regular drops at this point. But you ARE making progress. You want to make even more progress. Soon you'll be free of this crap. Good riddance I say.  Bets

[[Ch...]]

You'll space the three doses 8 hours apart when you drop one, right? 

 

[[be...]]

You'll space the three doses 8 hours apart when you drop one, right?

 

I was just about to ask the same thing....

[[Je...]]

Good luck G, hang tough...

[[th...]]

You'll space the three doses 8 hours apart when you drop one, right?

 

I was just about to ask the same thing....

 

Yep. Was thinking of switching the timing to 7am...3pm...11pm. My body is going to have to adjust soon to taking it less than 4xday anyway so might as well begin that process.

 

Then I will drop that nighttime dose to .0625. Than I will cut the other doses out one by one.

 

When I drop the doses do I just keep spreading the doses out longer like I was gonna do? Like go from every 6hrs that I do now with 4xday to every 8 hrs at 3xday then every 12 hrs with 2xday? Seems right???

 

Grinch

[[Ch...]]

You'll space the three doses 8 hours apart when you drop one, right?

 

I was just about to ask the same thing....

 

Yep. Was thinking of switching the timing to 7am...3pm...11pm. My body is going to have to adjust soon to taking it less than 4xday anyway so might as well begin that process.

 

Then I will drop that nighttime dose to .0625. Than I will cut the other doses out one by one.

 

When I drop the doses do I just keep spreading the doses out longer like I was gonna do? Like go from every 6hrs that I do now with 4xday to every 8 hrs at 3xday then every 12 hrs with 2xday? Seems right???

 

Grinch

 

That's what I would do.  I saved the nighttime dose til the very last.  Not that it made any difference.

[[th...]]

Hmmm....i think cutting out the 3am dose is a good idea.  Are you usually up at that time?  Forgive me if that is a dumb question....i don't know where you are at with insomnia.  But i would try to dose in a way where you have a long stretch at night without having to dose.  Like, dosing at 11pm and and then again at 6am?

 

Omg..I am up all night...pretty much never sleep  But I also have had a middle of the night dose for a yr so my body just sits and waits for it. And I am constantly checking the time to make sure I don't miss it so I don't get behind in dosing. Maybe I will sleep better if I don't have to fret about that dose. Who knows.

 

G

[[th...]]

You'll space the three doses 8 hours apart when you drop one, right?

 

I was just about to ask the same thing....

 

Yep. Was thinking of switching the timing to 7am...3pm...11pm. My body is going to have to adjust soon to taking it less than 4xday anyway so might as well begin that process.

 

Then I will drop that nighttime dose to .0625. Than I will cut the other doses out one by one.

 

When I drop the doses do I just keep spreading the doses out longer like I was gonna do? Like go from every 6hrs that I do now with 4xday to every 8 hrs at 3xday then every 12 hrs with 2xday? Seems right???

 

Grinch

 

That's what I would do.  I saved the nighttime dose til the very last.  Not that it made any difference.

 

Ya, that bedtime dose does nothing to help me sleep. None of those doses do anything for me as far as therapeutic, just keeps me from going into a ct wd or major interdose wd, that's it. Ok. I ll plan on that. I am so sick of this crap!!!!

 

G

[[Fl...]]

You're tough.  You can do it.  I had one hour of sleep last night and we drove 11 1/2 hours today on our way to Florida.  I hope your sleep gets better.  I am finding it tough.  Couldn't even nap in the car.

But I don't have all the physical side effects you are having.  Just terrible mental stuff all day, every day.  I don't know how you do it.

I hope and pray that you can get your taper done and start to heal soon. :smitten:

[[th...]]

You're tough.  You can do it.  I had one hour of sleep last night and we drove 11 1/2 hours today on our way to Florida.  I hope your sleep gets better.  I am finding it tough.  Couldn't even nap in the car.

But I don't have all the physical side effects you are having.  Just terrible mental stuff all day, every day.  I don't know how you do it.

I hope and pray that you can get your taper done and start to heal soon. :smitten:

 

Thanks!!! You too!!

 

G

[[Ch...]]

You'll space the three doses 8 hours apart when you drop one, right?

 

I was just about to ask the same thing....

 

Yep. Was thinking of switching the timing to 7am...3pm...11pm. My body is going to have to adjust soon to taking it less than 4xday anyway so might as well begin that process.

 

Then I will drop that nighttime dose to .0625. Than I will cut the other doses out one by one.

 

When I drop the doses do I just keep spreading the doses out longer like I was gonna do? Like go from every 6hrs that I do now with 4xday to every 8 hrs at 3xday then every 12 hrs with 2xday? Seems right???

 

Grinch

 

That's what I would do.  I saved the nighttime dose til the very last.  Not that it made any difference.

 

Ya, that bedtime dose does nothing to help me sleep. None of those doses do anything for me as far as therapeutic, just keeps me from going into a ct wd or major interdose wd, that's it. Ok. I ll plan on that. I am so sick of this crap!!!!

 

G

 

Exact-a-mento.

[[Ch...]]

I was so excited when I got to .0625 doses, G.  I knew I had it at that point.

[[sa...]]

I was so excited when I got to .0625 doses, G.  I knew I had it at that point.

 

I am also about to get to .0625 soon. Scared, but also excited. I hope you have a good week G!

 

I am happy I found this site. It's helping me a lot. Each week I see people jumping.