Which Is A Better Taper....5-6% Every 7 days or 10% Every 14 Days?

[[Se...]]

I’ve never really been stable this entire alprazolam taper (more than likely because I’m experiencing tolerance).  I want off this crap.  Does going faster interfere with healing?  Today I either cut 6% or wait another week and cut 10%.  I know the lower in dosage I go, the smaller the cuts will/should be.

 

Thanks for your input and if you could leave your reasoning as to which would be preferable. 💜

[[An...]]

Hi SeptGirl--Why not just wait another week and cut just 6%? The goal is to just keep decreasing, no matter how slow or long it takes you. I know you just want to get this done and over with OTOH when you can't stabilize between cuts. Do you plan on direct tapering the xanax all the way or crossing over to another benzo @ some point?

[[Jo...]]

Hi SeptGirl. You are doing cut and holds rather than daily microtapering. I started with and cut and hold every two weeks and was basically nonfunctional. But once I learned about daily microtapering I became functional and fairly comfortable. The B.B. Application of Jim Hawk is at www.benzoalwaysdat.net. You should hit the button READ ME FIRSt to learn about it. You can use either a dry pill cut or a liquid taper. People have success either way. I see you are nearing the end of your taper. You may still want to consider it now.

 

If not, from what I have read on the Ashton Protocol and B.B. either choice you are presenting is too rapid. It is recommended to only cut at 5%-10% every two weeks. I found I cannot go faster than 5% or I get sick.

 

I hope this helps and I wish you great success!!!

[[Jo...]]

Sorry. It is www.benzo.alwaysdata.net.

 

To answer your question, I don’t think there is any science to prove that going faster interferes with healing, but it is my personal belief that it just means you are not giving your brain an opportunity to heal while you taper. I believe that by going slow our brain heals a bit (or a lot) during  the taper so that we have a better outcome at the end.

 

Again, this is just what I believe based on anecdotal evidence.

[[Se...]]

Hi SeptGirl--Why not just wait another week and cut just 6%? The goal is to just keep decreasing, no matter how slow or long it takes you. I know you just want to get this done and over with OTOH when you can't stabilize between cuts. Do you plan on direct tapering the xanax all the way or crossing over to another benzo @ some pint?

 

Direct taper.  I tried to crossover to clonazepam but couldn’t do it.  That’s my next taper.  I’ve cut 1/4 of a .05mg clonazepam tablet awhile ago but that’s about it.  I’m stable on that for now...I think.🤔

 

I’m not sure waiting is going to be beneficial but not opposed to it either.  I feel like crap every day despite time between tapers.  My blood sugar is all messed up eating carbs (even small amounts), appetite sucks, weight loss (50 pounds), insomnia, paresthesia...you know, all the fun stuff.🙄

 

I appreciate your input.

 

💜

 

 

[[Se...]]

Sorry. It is www.benzo.alwaysdata.net.

 

To answer your question, I don’t think there is any science to prove that going faster interferes with healing, but it is my personal belief that it just means you are not giving your brain an opportunity to heal while you taper. I believe that by going slow our brain heals a bit (or a lot) during  the taper so that we have a better outcome at the end.

 

Again, this is just what I believe based on anecdotal evidence.

 

Sorry....neither link is working.  I’m trying to find it by using the search feature but this brain on drugs😖!!!

 

I’ll keep looking.

 

Thanks for your help. 💜

 

 

[[Pe...]]

For me cutting daily was the key. I cut about .001 grams every two days. It honestly has been fairly smooth. Yes I have suffered greatly but I still am able to work out and I have times where I feel good. I have waves too but I would say based on some of the other cases on here I wouldn’t change how fast I went. I jumped 4 days ago and I wish I would have jumped sooner. Listen ur body but cutting daily seems to be the smoothest. Good luck!

[[mo...]]

Hi SeptGirl, because everyone's bodies and lifestyles are different, I'm a fan of a symptom based taper. Your body and symptoms will tell you how fast and how much you should taper. I'm not sure what your baseline is, I know you said you are always symptomatic, but if you cut at your usual rate and you feel "ok" (only you know what that feels like) and get back to baseline fairly quickly then I cannot imagine why you wouldn't increase the amount or the speed. If you cut and have high sx and unmanageable then slow it down or remain the same. In my case when I started my taper two years ago, I could only reduce at about 6% every 2 or 3 weeks due to the unbearable symptoms. After a hold and starting again I was then able to reduce every week much more than 10%. If I had listened to the guidelines only and not my body, I would have been in a terrible spot in the first 1/3 of my taper if I'd only cut 10% in the latter part of my taper I'd probably be looking at another year of tapering now. I'm now cutting at .001 per day and someone messaged me the other day telling me I'm going too fast. I know they were concerned but, my symptoms are tolerable so I'm commencing at my current rate until I reach zero in 18 days. 10% every 2 weeks of .018mg is pretty much nothing. If something gosh forbid happens and I have to slow down then I will. I know others who have gone faster than Ashton says and they are fine. I know some probably should slow things down. Our bodies are intelligent and tell us at what rate we should go. I don't like to see needless suffering when tapering too fast OR people who go years through this process and lose so much time because they never tried to see how they tolerated a more rapid taper. Maybe you've already tried slowing down or speeding up and I'm preaching to the choir but my short answer is listen to your body and go as fast as you can while remaining functional and living your life. It's like being stuck on a desert island and needing to drink the water that is also poisoning us. At any rate, no one can really tell you what to do, only what they've read or what their experience is/was, and everyone's is different. I hope this helps and all the best in your taper.

[[Se...]]

Based on my symptoms, I’m going with 4% this week.  It’s minuscule but I’m hoping I get to a dose that finally settles me down.  Less is best I’m guessing.🤔 I’m down from 4mg/day to .96mg/day. Taking the scenic tour....

 

Thanks for your input!

 

💜

[[Li...]]

Like mountaintop I found that the daily micro taper with liquid has been much less brutal. I fell behind a couple of months trying to rush and then going cold turkey for two weeks.

 

Now I cut a little every day. If I'm not feeling well, then the reduction might be 1/100 or 2/100 ml. Feeling okay, I have reduced as much as 1/10 ml of my mixture.  It's constant progress and I mostly feel acceptable but slow way down if I don't.

 

 

[[Se...]]

I made a 4% cut yesterday.  Feeling more symptomatic today.  I think I’m going to hold at 1mg/day for another week.  Every week is getting to be too much.  I hate this! 

 

I really don’t understand micro tapering so I’m at the mercy of my own devices...dry cutting and hoping for the best.  I haven’t been stable for months and still believe it’s tolerance and that’s why I’m trying to push the weekly taper forward. But not this week.😢

 

Thanks for all suggestions, comments and advice.

 

💜

[[mo...]]

I made a 4% cut yesterday.  Feeling more symptomatic today.  I think I’m going to hold at 1mg/day for another week.  Every week is getting to be too much.  I hate this! 

 

I really don’t understand micro tapering so I’m at the mercy of my own devices...dry cutting and hoping for the best.  I haven’t been stable for months and still believe it’s tolerance and that’s why I’m trying to push the weekly taper forward. But not this week.😢

 

Thanks for all suggestions, comments and advice.

 

💜

 

Sorry to hear SeptGirl. It’s definitely normal for you to feel more symptoms after a cut. I know many don’t care for cut and hold but I feel like it had its place during my taper. I liked that I was able to control when I would cut and how much and if I had an event I needed to be ok for (or as ok as possible) I’d just hold a few days. Some feel the worst within 24 hours after a cut like me and others don’t feel increased symptoms for a few days. Once I hit .125 it was a whole new ballgame and I felt each cut more. I just couldn’t eyeball the pill or make small enough cuts using the scale alone so I moved to the microtaoer. At any rate don’t feel discouraged because you have more sx today that’s normal. See when/if you reach a baseline and decide when to cut again and how much. You are doing great. 4% is 4% and you are that much healthier now.

[[Se...]]

I made a 4% cut yesterday.  Feeling more symptomatic today.  I think I’m going to hold at 1mg/day for another week.  Every week is getting to be too much.  I hate this! 

 

I really don’t understand micro tapering so I’m at the mercy of my own devices...dry cutting and hoping for the best.  I haven’t been stable for months and still believe it’s tolerance and that’s why I’m trying to push the weekly taper forward. But not this week.😢

 

Thanks for all suggestions, comments and advice.

 

💜

 

Sorry to hear SeptGirl. It’s definitely normal for you to feel more symptoms after a cut. I know many don’t care for cut and hold but I feel like it had its place during my taper. I liked that I was able to control when I would cut and how much and if I had an event I needed to be ok for (or as ok as possible) I’d just hold a few days. Some feel the worst within 24 hours after a cut like me and others don’t feel increased symptoms for a few days. Once I hit .125 it was a whole new ballgame and I felt each cut more. I just couldn’t eyeball the pill or make small enough cuts using the scale alone so I moved to the microtaoer. At any rate don’t feel discouraged because you have more sx today that’s normal. See when/if you reach a baseline and decide when to cut again and how much. You are doing great. 4% is 4% and you are that much healthier now.

 

So Mountain...do you think I should stay with my cut or go back to the previous dose?  To be honest, I haven’t been stable the entire time I’ve been tapering.  I don’t have a baseline. 

 

On top of all of this, I’m suffering with muscle pain from cleaning my car 6 days ago!!  I couldn’t get comfortable last night to sleep. I posted a separate thread on this woe.

 

I’m spinning here

[[bu...]]

I’ve never really been stable this entire alprazolam taper (more than likely because I’m experiencing tolerance).  I want off this crap.  Does going faster interfere with healing?  Today I either cut 6% or wait another week and cut 10%.  I know the lower in dosage I go, the smaller the cuts will/should be.

 

Thanks for your input and if you could leave your reasoning as to which would be preferable. 💜

 

Smaller cuts. more often, is always easier!  (.5% every day is even easier!)

[[Se...]]

I’ve never really been stable this entire alprazolam taper (more than likely because I’m experiencing tolerance).  I want off this crap.  Does going faster interfere with healing?  Today I either cut 6% or wait another week and cut 10%.  I know the lower in dosage I go, the smaller the cuts will/should be.

 

Thanks for your input and if you could leave your reasoning as to which would be preferable. 💜

 

Smaller cuts. more often, is always easier!  (.5% every day is even easier!)

 

Builder...I’ve seen MANY of your posts on other pages.  I am a complete moron when it comes to math.

 

I’m not opposed to daily cuts, but how do I go about doing that?  Honestly, reading the formulas you set up for micro tapering are beyond my comprehension.

 

Can you spell it out for me in idiot version?

 

As of today, I’m dry cutting which I know isn’t very accurate but I do my best!  My current dose is 1mg/day of alprazolam.  I take it 4 times a day in equal doses.

 

I would be so appreciative if you could help me.

 

Thanks.

 

Cindy

💜

[[mo...]]

I made a 4% cut yesterday.  Feeling more symptomatic today.  I think I’m going to hold at 1mg/day for another week.  Every week is getting to be too much.  I hate this! 

 

I really don’t understand micro tapering so I’m at the mercy of my own devices...dry cutting and hoping for the best.  I haven’t been stable for months and still believe it’s tolerance and that’s why I’m trying to push the weekly taper forward. But not this week.😢

 

Thanks for all suggestions, comments and advice.

 

💜

 

Sorry to hear SeptGirl. It’s definitely normal for you to feel more symptoms after a cut. I know many don’t care for cut and hold but I feel like it had its place during my taper. I liked that I was able to control when I would cut and how much and if I had an event I needed to be ok for (or as ok as possible) I’d just hold a few days. Some feel the worst within 24 hours after a cut like me and others don’t feel increased symptoms for a few days. Once I hit .125 it was a whole new ballgame and I felt each cut more. I just couldn’t eyeball the pill or make small enough cuts using the scale alone so I moved to the microtaoer. At any rate don’t feel discouraged because you have more sx today that’s normal. See when/if you reach a baseline and decide when to cut again and how much. You are doing great. 4% is 4% and you are that much healthier now.

 

So Mountain...do you think I should stay with my cut or go back to the previous dose?  To be honest, I haven’t been stable the entire time I’ve been tapering.  I don’t have a baseline. 

 

On top of all of this, I’m suffering with muscle pain from cleaning my car 6 days ago!!  I couldn’t get comfortable last night to sleep. I posted a separate thread on this woe.

 

I’m spinning here

 

Hi SeptGirl, I see clonazapam in your sig too, are you planning to taper that as well? I would have a hard time saying what to do in your particular case. Have you tried holding for a few days to see how you feel?

[[Se...]]

I made a 4% cut yesterday.  Feeling more symptomatic today.  I think I’m going to hold at 1mg/day for another week.  Every week is getting to be too much.  I hate this! 

 

I really don’t understand micro tapering so I’m at the mercy of my own devices...dry cutting and hoping for the best.  I haven’t been stable for months and still believe it’s tolerance and that’s why I’m trying to push the weekly taper forward. But not this week.😢

 

Thanks for all suggestions, comments and advice.

 

💜

 

Sorry to hear SeptGirl. It’s definitely normal for you to feel more symptoms after a cut. I know many don’t care for cut and hold but I feel like it had its place during my taper. I liked that I was able to control when I would cut and how much and if I had an event I needed to be ok for (or as ok as possible) I’d just hold a few days. Some feel the worst within 24 hours after a cut like me and others don’t feel increased symptoms for a few days. Once I hit .125 it was a whole new ballgame and I felt each cut more. I just couldn’t eyeball the pill or make small enough cuts using the scale alone so I moved to the microtaoer. At any rate don’t feel discouraged because you have more sx today that’s normal. See when/if you reach a baseline and decide when to cut again and how much. You are doing great. 4% is 4% and you are that much healthier now.

 

So Mountain...do you think I should stay with my cut or go back to the previous dose?  To be honest, I haven’t been stable the entire time I’ve been tapering.  I don’t have a baseline. 

 

On top of all of this, I’m suffering with muscle pain from cleaning my car 6 days ago!!  I couldn’t get comfortable last night to sleep. I posted a separate thread on this woe.

 

I’m spinning here

 

Hi SeptGirl, I see clonazapam in your sig too, are you planning to taper that as well? I would have a hard time saying what to do in your particular case. Have you tried holding for a few days to see how you feel?

 

I’ve gone back and forth with my decision today.  I’m moving forward with the 4% alprazolam cut.  Yes...I tried to crossover to clonazepam but couldn’t do it.  God willing once I get off alprazolam, getting off of that is my next project! I’m not making another 10 year mistake. 

 

Thanks for your help.

 

💜

[[Li...]]

I was really nervous about a liquid taper, but it really easy and is a lot less painful.

 

You are right below 1 mg, so you make a 1 mg dose based on the number 10.

 

Take a 1 mg pill (or two .5 or whatever to = 1 mg). Put that in a juice glass and add 2 ml cheap vodka. That will dissolve the pill in seconds. Then add 8 ml of water. The total is 8 + 2 = 10, because the pill dissolves and is not counted in on the ml.

 

How do you measure the small amounts. Go to the pharmacy or Amazon and get a 1 ml syringe and a 3 ml syrings. These are very common sizes.

 

With the 1 mg pill mix, just pull up 2 ml of the vodka (wait for dissolving and swish/stir a bit). Then get 2 ml draws 4 times or 3 ml x 3 plus 1 ml to = 8 ml water. I find it easier to just measure all 2 ml for the master mix.

 

You now have you 10 ml master mix made from a 1 mg pill.

 

Measure out your dose for the day. It's .96 for you at this posting. That leaves .04 left over so a very tiny amount.

 

Use the 1 ml syringe to get the 1 ml and below amounts. You will see the 1.0 and below that the .9 on the 1 ml syringe. Just press the stopper down until the solution is a bit above the half mark between those two points. This will be most of what you mixed up but more will be left as you go along.

 

So, now you have drawn your .96 into the 1 ml syringe.

 

To make dosing super easy, put the .96 you drew in a one cup measuring cup and add water to one cup. Now you can take the dose at one time - the cup of liquid, or you can divide that out. I do four doses a day, so I just pour 1/4 cup four times each day.

 

You can deduct 1/100 per day by making your solution and the next day drawing .959 or 2/100 at .958 depending on if your 1 ml syringes has 100 or 50 marks. You can also eyeball 1/100 if you only have 50 lines and go half between two little marks.

 

If you make one batch and have the two syringes and measuring cup, this all becomes very clear and easy to understand with doing it one time.

 

I don't even pay much attention to 5% reduction every x days, since I reduce a little every day. I may reduce more if I've been feeling good or just a very tiny amount if I've been feeling worse. I put the amounts under the progress page here, because I ran out of space on the signature.

 

It sounds way harder than it actually is. I have a paper sheet where I wrote down 1 mg Xanax, 2 ml vodka, 8 ml water. I get that out every time and double check. I can't mess up too bad, since that lasts me for three days now. I started at .5, so one mix covered me for two days to start out. Now, I'm a little below .3, so I get three days with one mix (.3 plus .3 plus .3 = .9).

 

I also write down how much mix I use each time. I check my sheet. Then I decide how much I want to reduce and write it down. I never go back up (so far) but slow down if feeling bad.

[[bu...]]

I was really nervous about a liquid taper, but it really easy and is a lot less painful.

 

You are right below 1 mg, so you make a 1 mg dose based on the number 10.

 

Take a 1 mg pill (or two .5 or whatever to = 1 mg). Put that in a juice glass and add 2 ml cheap vodka. That will dissolve the pill in seconds. Then add 8 ml of water. The total is 8 + 2 = 10, because the pill dissolves and is not counted in on the ml.

 

How do you measure the small amounts. Go to the pharmacy or Amazon and get a 1 ml syringe and a 3 ml syrings. These are very common sizes.

 

With the 1 mg pill mix, just pull up 2 ml of the vodka (wait for dissolving and swish/stir a bit). Then get 2 ml draws 4 times or 3 ml x 3 plus 1 ml to = 8 ml water. I find it easier to just measure all 2 ml for the master mix.

 

You now have you 10 ml master mix made from a 1 mg pill.

 

Measure out your dose for the day. It's .96 for you at this posting. That leaves .04 left over so a very tiny amount.

 

Use the 1 ml syringe to get the 1 ml and below amounts. You will see the 1.0 and below that the .9 on the 1 ml syringe. Just press the stopper down until the solution is a bit above the half mark between those two points. This will be most of what you mixed up but more will be left as you go along.

 

So, now you have drawn your .96 into the 1 ml syringe.

 

To make dosing super easy, put the .96 you drew in a one cup measuring cup and add water to one cup. Now you can take the dose at one time - the cup of liquid, or you can divide that out. I do four doses a day, so I just pour 1/4 cup four times each day.

 

You can deduct 1/100 per day by making your solution and the next day drawing .959 or 2/100 at .958 depending on if your 1 ml syringes has 100 or 50 marks. You can also eyeball 1/100 if you only have 50 lines and go half between two little marks.

 

If you make one batch and have the two syringes and measuring cup, this all becomes very clear and easy to understand with doing it one time.

 

I don't even pay much attention to 5% reduction every x days, since I reduce a little every day. I may reduce more if I've been feeling good or just a very tiny amount if I've been feeling worse. I put the amounts under the progress page here, because I ran out of space on the signature.

 

It sounds way harder than it actually is. I have a paper sheet where I wrote down 1 mg Xanax, 2 ml vodka, 8 ml water. I get that out every time and double check. I can't mess up too bad, since that lasts me for three days now. I started at .5, so one mix covered me for two days to start out. Now, I'm a little below .3, so I get three days with one mix (.3 plus .3 plus .3 = .9).

 

I also write down how much mix I use each time. I check my sheet. Then I decide how much I want to reduce and write it down. I never go back up (so far) but slow down if feeling bad.

<sigh>...thanks for posting that. I'm really glad to have someone step in and do this!  :)  :thumbsup:

[[Se...]]

I was really nervous about a liquid taper, but it really easy and is a lot less painful.

 

You are right below 1 mg, so you make a 1 mg dose based on the number 10.

 

Take a 1 mg pill (or two .5 or whatever to = 1 mg). Put that in a juice glass and add 2 ml cheap vodka. That will dissolve the pill in seconds. Then add 8 ml of water. The total is 8 + 2 = 10, because the pill dissolves and is not counted in on the ml.

 

How do you measure the small amounts. Go to the pharmacy or Amazon and get a 1 ml syringe and a 3 ml syrings. These are very common sizes.

 

With the 1 mg pill mix, just pull up 2 ml of the vodka (wait for dissolving and swish/stir a bit). Then get 2 ml draws 4 times or 3 ml x 3 plus 1 ml to = 8 ml water. I find it easier to just measure all 2 ml for the master mix.

 

You now have you 10 ml master mix made from a 1 mg pill.

 

Measure out your dose for the day. It's .96 for you at this posting. That leaves .04 left over so a very tiny amount.

 

Use the 1 ml syringe to get the 1 ml and below amounts. You will see the 1.0 and below that the .9 on the 1 ml syringe. Just press the stopper down until the solution is a bit above the half mark between those two points. This will be most of what you mixed up but more will be left as you go along.

 

So, now you have drawn your .96 into the 1 ml syringe.

 

To make dosing super easy, put the .96 you drew in a one cup measuring cup and add water to one cup. Now you can take the dose at one time - the cup of liquid, or you can divide that out. I do four doses a day, so I just pour 1/4 cup four times each day.

 

You can deduct 1/100 per day by making your solution and the next day drawing .959 or 2/100 at .958 depending on if your 1 ml syringes has 100 or 50 marks. You can also eyeball 1/100 if you only have 50 lines and go half between two little marks.

 

If you make one batch and have the two syringes and measuring cup, this all becomes very clear and easy to understand with doing it one time.

 

I don't even pay much attention to 5% reduction every x days, since I reduce a little every day. I may reduce more if I've been feeling good or just a very tiny amount if I've been feeling worse. I put the amounts under the progress page here, because I ran out of space on the signature.

 

It sounds way harder than it actually is. I have a paper sheet where I wrote down 1 mg Xanax, 2 ml vodka, 8 ml water. I get that out every time and double check. I can't mess up too bad, since that lasts me for three days now. I started at .5, so one mix covered me for two days to start out. Now, I'm a little below .3, so I get three days with one mix (.3 plus .3 plus .3 = .9).

 

I also write down how much mix I use each time. I check my sheet. Then I decide how much I want to reduce and write it down. I never go back up (so far) but slow down if feeling bad.

 

WOW!!  I really am mathematically challenged!  I have 5ml syringes from the pharmacy.  I get the 2ml vodka, and 8ml water for a total of 10ml.  I’m lost after that.

 

How much do I take out of the 10ml to get to .96?  There are 5 marks between each ml on the syringe. 2 marks? 

 

I get the part of adding the daily dose to one cup then 1/4 cup 4 x a day.  I’m just unsure how to get the daily dose figured out. 

 

Math has ALWAYS been a mental block for me...even before benzo “daze”!!!

 

You have been remarkably’ helpful Lilyann...just ask Builder!  😂🤣😂

 

Thank you!

 

Cindy

💜

 

[[Li...]]

Hi Cindy,

 

You are only not seeing the one part, because you need a 1 ml syringe. It is skinny. You have marks going up to 1.0. They would be .00, .01, .02, .03 and so on.

 

At .652, you have to account for the extra 10 ml you used to make the mixture. So, you need 6 ml and then the fraction which is 52/100 which requires the 1 ml syringe to get more precise numbers.

 

Get 6 ml with the bigger syringe. For the rest (the micro part), use the 1 ml syringe. In the case of .652 with 6 ml already pilled with the big syringe, you need 52 from the small 1 ml syringe. You will see 5 and 6 (probably like 05 and 06). Between that are some lines - either 10 but more likely 5. You would draw down below the 6 to right above the five - likely one line if divided into 5 sections. These little lines are to the 100s, so the amounts are tiny.

 

If you don't have a ml syringe, you can get one at the pharmacy or Amazon. Also, diabetics and people who give their own allergy or B12 shots may have extra syringes. I use my B12 syringe and just screw the needle off.

[[Se...]]

I’ll get a 1ml syringe tomorrow.  No Rx necessary in my state.  I’m still confused but I’ll eventually catch on! 

 

Thanks again for all of your help and direction.  I know one thing.....you can’t fix stupid me and math!  🤓😂🤓

 

Cindy

💜

[[Li...]]

With your 9.62 ml . . .

 

You have 10 ml mixture which is 1 mg of pill. You will be taking 96/100 of that with .96. Just move the decimal to account for the increase to the whole number 10 = 9.62 ml where you added vodka/water.

 

Use the big syringe to get the 9 ml. Then use a 1 ml syringe to get .062 (between the 6 and 7 on a 1 ml syringe). You will be closer to the 6 with 62 vs half way if 65.

 

You are just below 1 mg right now, so you are taking almost the full amount of the mixture. You will have just a couple of drops in the juice cup or whatever you use to make the master mix of 1/2/8 = 10.

 

This goes down just a few drops every time you make a cut. The amounts are very tiny in general until you add water to top out to a full cup for measuring and dosing purposes.

 

[[Se...]]

I’ll probably overdose!  #Dead 

[[Li...]]

Oops. We cross posted.

 

You don't need to be able to do math once you get started. I was trying to divide even out to make 5% reductions every x days. Naw. I just go down 1/10 or 1/100 or somewhere between. I just look at my previous number and go one less line on the 1 ml syringe and don't worry about percentages. If I feel good, I may go down more measure lines (.09 to .08 for instance - a big cut as I'm getting down lower). If I feel bad, I hold at the same dose as the previous day or do a really tiny cut like the 1/100. (.096 to .095 for instance).