Brutal Wave with Fatigue

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I've been tapering since November '22 when I was taking .5 mg K in the morning and .5 mg K in the evening. The past 8 months have included all the usual life events and even a funeral but I was able to stick with the taper. 19 days ago I got down to .1 mg K in the AM and .1 K in the evening and about 10 days ago was the start of a wave like I've never seen. Mostly depression and fatigue, crazy fatigue that starts when I take the AM dose. Its so bizarre to me because it feels like I'm taking much more and its knocking me out, but its such a relatively small amount.

Anyone else hit this huge fatigue later in their taper? I know this will pass and fighting against it just makes it worse, but the randomness is certainly distressing. Thanks!

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@[...] I am fighting supreme fatigue myself at the moment. I am also suffering from insomnia so lack of sleep doesn't help. I started my taper journey this January. I think I have tapered too quickly but am trying to stabilize now. I was originally on clonazepam 0.5mg three times per day. I then made a switch to diazepam thinking it was the smarter choice for tapering. My family doc had me start at 10mg three times per day of diazepam. I thought the Ashton manual would be good to follow and went with that taper plan or close to it. I have tapered down to 3mg morning and 8mg at night on diazepam. 

I am going to stay at my current dose plan for at least 2 or 3 more weeks depending on how my brain is healing and my symptoms are doing.

Sorry for the long read but you are not alone on the fatigue side! I really hate it!! I lay in bed a lot and just have no energy. 

Hope you are doing alright despite the fatigue! Hang in there! 

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@[Zi...] Thanks for your reply! I'm in awe to see someone who has been taking this for so long taking that brave step to taper down. Congratulations and stay strong! 

It looks like things are getting tougher later in your taper. I guess that's a very common occurrence. I really had nothing like this wave in all my tapering. This has really been something else. The only levers in this whole thing that I can adjust are the size of my drops and the length of my holds, so that's what I'll try.