When to start tapering?

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As you can see from the info in my signature I have been tapering, with a long hold, for years . In February of this year I was stable at 0.25mg Ativan in a.m (4 a.m.) and 0.25 p.m (9 p.m.)I had a back/hip issue (unrelated I think) ramp up with a lot of pain and I went back up to 0.5 mg a.m & p.m.  with an occasional 0.5 in midday to deal with that.  I am now NOT stable at all.  It was like overnight that symptoms shot up. I don’t know why . Even when I take my scheduled dose it doesn’t seem to alleviate symptoms.  I want to continue tapering because I hate this stuff.  I don’t know if I should try to ride this out or continue tapering. I just bought a scale to micro taper from here on out. I am having panic attacks, muscle twitches and stiffness and feeling loss of control plus more.  Losing it!  It’s really bad.  I’ve never had symptoms this bad before. Any suggestions?

[[Pa...]]

It sounds like your body is telling you the time is right to get off of the Ativan.  I see you used to take .5 mgs Ativan 4 times a day so you've been successful tapering before, if the symptoms were too much for you it's probably good you're going to do this slowly. 

 

Lorazepam comes in a concentrated liquid if you'd like to ask your Dr for that instead of making your own, or you could ask for a compounded liquid version from your Dr. https://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/search.cfm?labeltype=all&query=LORAZEPAM

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Thanks for the reply , Pamster.  It helped me .You spoke Of asking my doc about liquid Lorazapam. That’s a whole other issue and I actually posted it on the Withdrawal Support board.  The primary care doc I had quit practicing.  She was supportive. Haven’t found a new doc that is totally on board . Getting a little worried about refills. I think I will try dry tapering with the scale at this point. I do believe I can do this,most of the time, but my recent symptoms are the worst I’ve ever had.

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Pamster, with a liquid lorazapam how concentrated does it come? Is it difficult to measure out a fractional dose? I haven’t read any info on that.

[[Pa...]]

It looks like it comes in 2 mg per ml with a calibrated dropper, we may be able to help you figure out how to dilute it to make your reductions even smaller if needed. 

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Ok thanks.  I’ll definitely give that some thought.