To dose or not to dose?

[[Fe...]]

My last dose of .25 mg Xanax was yesterday evening at 6PM. It's now almost 10 AM in the morning for me now, and I'm holding great (usually take a .25 morning dose at 6AM).

 

Should I go ahead and dose anyway at normal scheduled time (well, it's already 4 hours past that) or just keep holding until uncomfortable?

[[Ju...]]

0.25 X is a lot to jump from. Although you havent been on long. Do you have a way to taper lower? If so, and if it were me I would go a little lower before jumping. Based on my experience, tapering is something you only want to do once!

JKS

[[Fe...]]

I definitely am not planning on jumping right now bc I am still at 1.5 mg daily as of yesterday. It just seems maybe I'm dosing too quickly if I'm asymptomatic and dose anyway. I guess my question is do I push back dosing until absolutely necessary or is it better to just stick to a specific dosing schedule regardless of symptoms?

[[Ju...]]

Ah, sorry I misunderstood. I think it is better to stay on schedule i.e. Avoid symptoms rather than try to recovery from them.

[[Fe...]]

Thank you so much! That makes sense because it is pretty miserable waiting until symptoms hit and then dosing. I cut again yesterday bc I was doing so well (down to 1.25 from 1.5) and this morning I really felt a cut hard for the first time. Slight leg muscle weakness, slight nausea, stomach upset, racing heart. I slept through my normal morning dosing time so quickly dosed and it did alleviate all the symptoms so I'm gonna hold at 1.25 bc I think it is still a manageable cut at this point. However, I think I'll be cutting smaller or holding longer from this point on since I got a nice taste of what awaits me if I taper too quickly...