Crzydiamond I would suggest when he jumps to 8mg from 16mg he is going to have SIGNIFICANT withdrawal. First off the sub docs always want u on highest dose they can get u on. Less is more w/ subs. I can tell you for certain everytime I lowered my dose from 8mg to 4mg ( which was only 1mg at a time maybe 2mg I forget) I was just as sick as if I was doing dope for months....albeit the sickness didn't last as long but just as intense...going from 16 to 8 at once sounds insane to me based off my experience I'm sorry to say. Got sick everytime followin my doc advice going down 1mg at a time. I think they just wanted me to feel discouraged n stay on them longer. Everytime get sick I wouldn't lower for months longer. Ever since I got to 4mg I haven't gotten sick lowering anymore....although I don't follow wat the doc tells me anymore I lower like 2 or 4x as slow....I'm on 1/2 of 1mg now....so pumped lol....but I get 2mg strips now, cut in half then I fold each half into 8ths....when I lower ( just say I'm at 1mg for context) so I cut an 8th off the 1mg one day, take reg dose next day, 8th off day after that (8th less than 1mg) n continue that for "week" but really it's just till I feel comfortable which is like 4 days or so n that's when I'll make that 8th less than 1mg my everyday base dose.....might b confusing deff ask if any questions man, haven't been in w/d once since I started this new taper plan