Alprazolam taper

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[...], I owe you an apology. I am sorry.

It's okay sweetie, no apology needed. 

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[...], thank you for accepting. I don't know what is wrong with me today. I just feel like crying now but this morning when I got up I was just irritable. I guess I'm having my own little self pity party, know what I mean? Thank you again.

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[...]:  G'morning. I think. I have a question. On a next taper cutting a pill to 1/4, how and when is that taken?  I'm not ready yet but have given it thought...Thank you. Have a blessed day.

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[...]:  G'morning. I think. I have a question. On a next taper cutting a pill to 1/4, how and when is that taken?  I'm not ready yet but have given it thought...Thank you. Have a blessed day.

Hi littlebit,

I'm not sure what you're asking? How and when is that taken? You will reduce one of your doses that you take through the day by .125mg (1/4 of .50mg pill). I tried to keep my doses somewhat even throughout the day. Does this answer your question?

T2

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Let me try again maybe I can do better    I am on 1.75 a day taking my one 0.5 morn., .25 at 11, 2 and 5 and my next 0.5 at bedtime. Now when I do my next taper--instead of cutting 0.25 I was going to cut that .25 in half but wasn't sure what to do with that half of a half.  It will be so small. I just wondered if you had a better suggestion or could help me make a good decision.

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Let me try again maybe I can do better    I am on 1.75 a day taking my one 0.5 morn., .25 at 11, 2 and 5 and my next 0.5 at bedtime. Now when I do my next taper--instead of cutting 0.25 I was going to cut that .25 in half but wasn't sure what to do with that half of a half.  It will be so small. I just wondered if you had a better suggestion or could help me make a good decision.

Oh I see, what do you do with all those little pieces left? You could just save it for when one of your doses is down to only .125mg and use it then or you could take a couple leftover .125mg pieces to make .25mg. Some people have a limited number of pills and have to save all the pieces. If you are not in that position, you can just leave them and if you don't need them towards the end of your taper, just throw them out.

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[...], sorry for all the confusion.  I have also thought of cutting another 0.25 instead of worrying about the 1/4 tablets. Then I just need to figure out how much time I can spread out my entire dosage for that day. For example I thought 0.5 morning, 0.25 noon, 0.25 at 4 and 0.5 at bedtime. Guess I'm just real nervous about it.

Yes exactly, I was wondering what to do with all those little pcs.  I didn't know how that worked.

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what is .125? How much is that?

[[Buddie]]

what is .125? How much is that?

That is 1/4 of a .50mg pill.

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[...], sorry for all the confusion.  I have also thought of cutting another 0.25 instead of worrying about the 1/4 tablets. Then I just need to figure out how much time I can spread out my entire dosage for that day. For example I thought 0.5 morning, 0.25 noon, 0.25 at 4 and 0.5 at bedtime. Guess I'm just real nervous about it.

Yes exactly, I was wondering what to do with all those little pcs.  I didn't know how that worked.

That dosing schedule seems fine. Also, what size pills do you have?? Xanax comes in a .25mg pill that really makes it easier to make small reductions. I know you are nervous but there are many here that successfully tapered off of Xanax. They are stoneyco, Keith64 and Mal to name a few.