tapering off diazepam

[WayneRooney]

Sorry to re-post a thread, but resurecting an old thread didn't seem to get any answers, perhaps a new one will....

Although I don't take 10mg DAILY, and I occasionally take 20-30mg in a day.

Ie the last 10 days has been about:
10mg
0
0
20mg
20mg
0
30mg
10mg
0
0

And that's probably the heaviest its been. Occasionally I may have done 10mg every day for a week straight. Or occasionally I might have done 10mg just twice in a week.
This has gone on for a year or so.

Does the fact that I can skip days mean I should be able to taper quickly? I sometimes get a bit "shaky" or very slightly anxious if I miss 2 or 3 days, but nothing severe.
Could I incorporate skipping days into my taper, seeing as I already skip days, or does the fact that some days I take larger doses negate this?

I was just gonna try taking 10mg and then waiting until I felt a little edgy, so a 1 or 2 day skip, and then another 10mg. Do this for a week or so, then do the same with 5mg?

Or would I be better going straight to 5mg daily now, without skipping days?

 

[RobotRipping]

yes given the long half life you can skip days in your taper, it will help a lot. so just take 10mg one day, skip the next 2, take 10mg, skip the next 2 or 3 if you can, just keep stretching it out while lowering your doses. Should be an easy taper. If you can manage dropping 5mg in a week then try it but most people have to come down mg by mg, it all depends on how much you can handle and how you respond.

it would be worse IMO to go to 5mg daily, you'll strengthen your dependence.

 

[ovo1024]

Taper in the most slowest and comfortable way, dont go down to 5mg until you absolutley feel ready.

 

[midnight11]

I personally think it'd be best to switch to 5mg every other day asap. If you can skip days, two at a time, but take 10mg the next, I think 5mg every other day for a while, then 2.5 a day every day for a while, then 2.5 every other, 2.5 every 3rd day, down to zero would be best. Personally, I don't think this would be too difficult to do considering your ability to skip doses, but that's just my opinion.