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Benzos Valium Tapering scheme

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Greenlighter
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Oct 2, 2012
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Hi everyone,

So I have tapered with the help of my old doctor and specialist from 90mg a day to 17.5mg a day now. This is since last september when I started to reduce after switching from Xanax to Valium to taper off.

I have read up on reducing at a rate of 10% though my last drops had been more around 20% and over about 6-7 days on that dose. As I have a new doctor now because I have moved he just gives me a script and that's it, I more or less manage my own tapering schedule.

So Im not experiences terrible withdrawal symptoms that I can not manage. I have been experiencing headaches really confused, sleeping heaps and feel tired a lot, A feeling like I'm disconnected from the world and some muscle tension although I drink allot of water. (these syptoms I mainly feel the third day after a drop.

I also take 50mg of Endep (Amitriptyline) at night to sleep

I feel like I am managing very well and would like to hear other peoples opinions on tapering faster than 10% and for shorter periods. for example this week I plan on going from 17.5mg to 15 mg.

Thanks heaps everyone for your help !

WW
 
I'm at 20mg a day, I started to taper with my own pdoc's accord in 2010, i went from 3mg clonazepam to that. The remaining last 2 blues is the most difficult part. Next time I see him I will be talking to him about dropping by 1mg every 3 weeks, it's the only way I see it possibly done. Thankfullly it is possible due to valium having 5 and 2mg pills (which I can break in half).
 
Thanks for the reply but it didn't really relate or offer an opinion on my future schedule etc but thanks anyways.

Ww
 
I've told you about my own taper, which was made with valium. That's info you can use as a comparative as to how to gauge your tapering.

Today I am started my taper in fact, ate 19mg of valium. The pharmacy was all confused about why i needed 10mg, 5mg and 2mg tabs like my pdoc had written on the prescription, I had to explain em and all. Sometimes I think the whole job of pharmacist is a useless barrier between you and your doctor's treatments.
 
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