75% done and fairly symptom free the entire time

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ok so i'm at .29mg from a fairly quick taper.  It's been about a month and a half. With the exception of maybe 4 or 5 days, I've been symptom free except minor sx's.  Some sleep problems, staying asleep, although I usually fall back asleep.  Some back pain and occasional nerve pain.  Other than that, this has been super easy up to this point. 

 

Now I know the sleep is definately going to get worse because I rely on the med to fall asleep.  but honestly I've made it a long way with way less symptoms than most and consider myself very fortunate, especially after my cold turkey hell.

 

To those that recommended I stick with my cold turkey, and I got quite a few pms suggesting not to reinstate, THANK GOD I DIDN'T listen.  DON'T DO IT. 

 

I posted this to hopefully provide encouragement to others.  The rest of the road may not be this easy but i'm thankful so far has been.

[[KC...]]

unteagle:

Thanks for the update. That's encouraging that you're doing well. 

KC Rich

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Good to hear you're doing well.

Hope things continue to go smoothly for you.

[[Me...]]

That is neat, you just went down very small increments each day.  I wonder if that would work for me?

[[fi...]]

That's great to hear, unteagle!

 

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Good for you nteagle!  You joined this forum about the same time I did and I do recall reading your post when you c't off this mess and felt so bad for you!  Glad to hear that you are doing so well now.  Keep on, keeping on, you're doing great!

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That is awesome! But if I were you, I would hold there for a little while...sometimes it takes a while to catch up to the first cuts...as long as you are not in tolerance withdrawal and feeling horrible ON the medication, I would slow the taper down a bit if I were you.  Best of luck!