Been 2 weeks since last cut and not yet stabalized...what to do?

[[li...]]

Obviously, I shouldn't be cutting yet since I've not yet stabalized on the .625mg K.  But if some people say they see no windows, how do I know if I'm holding it too long or if I should just make the next cut?  Can you hold a dose too long too? 

 

I'm not even sure if I'll be able to do make the next taper.  My kids have now been home for 2 days with the summer starting, and I can't care for them.  Part of me is wondering if I shouldn't go back to the last dose I stabalized at - which was .75mg K or to the original 1mg K and start a second taper, slower, when they go back to school.  It's midafternoon and I still don't want to eat a thing.  I couldn't get out of bed until 11am.  That doesn't work with kids!!!  How does everybody do it?

 

Thank you for your advice and just listening (reading)  .  Lisa

[[Be...]]

I guess all you can do is weigh the potential benefits of reinstating against the potential risks and decide from there, Lisa.  The only danger I know of of holding too long, whatever that may be, is developing a tolerance to the benzo.  Then you have withdrawal symptoms even though you aren't withdrawing.  It took me years to develop tolerance to the benzo dose I was on but it can take just weeks or months.  Sorry I can't be more help. 

[[li...]]

I guess the big question is - can I hold this .625mg K too long if I wanted to hold it over the summer until the kids go back to school?  Or will I still be suffering the w/d sxs?

 

Thank you!!  Would love some advice.

[[li...]]

Beeper - I know this is an opinion, but if I were to reinstate (and I'm not saying I'm doing that), I just want to look at my options, am I better going back to .75 or my original of 1mg?  Thank you for the response, by the way.  I'm feeling alone in this thought process.

 

Lisa

[[Be...]]

It really is impossible to tell ahead of time what the tipping point will be for developing tolerance, so I can't say one way or the other whether staying at your current dose for the summer would be a mistake.  As for reinstating, if you were stable at .75mg, I'd certainly try that first rather than going back up to 1mg.  As you know, it can take a week or so for any dose adjustment to "kick in" so if you do go back to .75mg, I'd try to give it at least a week.