Ativan taper

[[Ch...]]

Can you micro taper off of Ativan using jewelry scale, or does it have too short of a 1/2 life?  

[[Fa...]]

Hi, @[Ch...].  I have no experience tapering Ativan, but I wanted to reply to your post.  I see no issues with tapering Ativan using a jeweler's scale; however, I'm sure you would have to dose a few times per day with the shorter half-life.

I also see no issues making small, and frequent, reductions in dose using this strategy.  Hopefully someone with experience will stop by. 

[[El...]]

@[Ch...] I am currently doing a slow "sort of" micro taper with Ativan.  I am currently at 0.67 mg and am dosing 3 times per day.  I reduce between 0.35-0.40% from my last dose for 3-4 days in a row, then hold 1-2 days.  These reductions are currently allowing me to reduce approximately 2-2.5% per week.  I also schedule in periodic longer holds just to maintain functionality.  I say this knowing that it all may change tomorrow....as I have had to make several adjustments to my taper along the way.

Hope this helps!

[[Di...]]

I read somewhere under 1 mg of Ativan a jewelry scale will not be useful.   I am currently tapering at around .67 mg but I only take my dose once at night.  I did a micro taper two months ago for about three weeks.  It helped me at the time.

[[ns...]]

Hi Charlene, I'm tapering lorazepam, Ativan generic. It's been rough. I'm down to 0.08 and I'm headed down to 0.05 to jump.

I use a jewlers scale, it's not very accurate at this level but it comes close. Getting down this low makes it difficult to even shave the tiny doses with a nail file. Going to have to start crushing them to powder I guess. 

You can do it, but it takes a lot of patience and a steady hand. 

You're scale will be off alot of the time at the lower doses. I go with the number that is consistent 3 or 4 times. 

If I'm needing 0.22mg I weigh it several times. Once I see 0.22  3 or 4 times, I know I'm close. It's not to bad, it's just really time consuming and takes patience.  You'll never get it just right at that low dose but you can get close.

I hope that helps 

Good luck with your taper!