Starting Liquid Diazepam Taper - Nervous

[[Fi...]]

I'm picking up liquid DZ on this week to start a liquid micro taper.

 

I'm nervous about the logistics.  Do I need a special tube or beaker or dropper that's more medical then sold in the pharmacies?

[[Li...]]

To answer your question, we need to know more about your current status and plans …

 

What is your current total daily dose and dosing schedule (how many milligrams of drug do you take at what times)?

 

Are you planning to use all liquid or a combination of tablets and liquid?

 

What is the concentration of the liquid you are getting?

 

Do you plan to dilute the liquid or use it ‘as is’?

 

 

 

 

[[Fi...]]

I'm tapering of 5 mg of DZ, taken at bedtime.

 

Starting with 2mg dry, 3 mg liquid.

 

The liquid is 1:1, and I will be tapering that.

 

My plan was to spend 2 weeks acclimatizing to the liquid (have only been on dry in the past).

 

Then, I was going to dilute the liquid at a rate of 5% every 2 weeks, approximately, paying attention to my symptoms.

 

I'm nervous about the physical process of diluting it.

[[Al...]]

I just use a syringe to draw it up.  The pharmacist gave me two sizes.  I’m also doing a combo tablet and liquid.  Felt no difference at all.  Good luck to ya.

 

Oh and I’m not going to dilute-  I don’t want to obsess over teeny amts unless I hit a snag.  See my signature.

 

 

Alycat

[[Li...]]

Thank you for the additional information, FirstTaper.

 

As Alycat has noted, you do not necessarily have to dilute the liquid.

 

Indeed, for a 5% reduction from 5mg to 4.75mg, you could:

 

Take 2mg in tablet form + 2.75mL in liquid form

 

You can easily measure 2.75mL using a 3mL oral syringe (or if you don’t have that, you could use a 1mL oral syringe).

[[Fi...]]

Being able to simply draw it without diluting it makes it sound infinitely easier.

 

I guess the dilution would come into play when down to 1mg?

[[Li...]]

Perhaps. It depends on how you as an individual respond to reductions.

 

 

 

 

[[Fi...]]

Just did first liquid dose.

 

I have shaky hands, and was trying to be very very careful, yet just taking the cap off the bottle, drops fell off, which made me even more nervous.

 

It's such a precise delicate process, which doesn't go well with shaky hands.

 

(Hand tremors can also be a benzo wd symptom, which is even more frustrating.)

 

A bit worried about extracting the precise liquid as the amount in the bottle gets lower, but I have a few weeks prep.

 

 

[[Li...]]

Shaky hands definitely make using an oral syringe more challenging but, with practice, you’ll get the hang of it.

 

Did the pharmacy provide you with an appropriately sized press-in bottle adapter? If not, I suggest you contact the pharmacy to request one.  These devices make measuring liquids with a syringe much easier.

 

Here’s a short video on how to insert and use an adapter:

[[Fi...]]

this is exactly what I needed to learn - thank you!

[[Li...]]

Your post just made my day!  I’m glad I was able to help.