Author Topic: Microtapering? Here's a spreadsheet that should help dry or liquid taperers.  (Read 9300 times)

[Buddie]

One more quick question.   I have an old MAC computer and the macros don't work.  After I am stabile can I still use this taper schedule.  Do macros affect the automatic taper adjustments? or just the graphs?
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[Buddie]

The macro just affects the drawing of the graph.  It was developed on a somewhat old version of MS Excel (2011-Mac).
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[Buddie]

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[Buddie]

The pills I just refilled weigh 1.78 and in the past were at .168. When I changed the spreadsheet at the top, dry cutters weight, the numbers all changed for the whole spread sheet and says I now should be at .138 (weight) instead of .130. What to do?
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[Buddie]

I'll have to tinker with that.  Give me a bit.
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[Buddie]

OK - this won't be too difficult.  You were taking 0.130.  Enter the new pill weight (0.178), then scan down the sheet until you find a dose of 0.130.  It will be further down the spreadsheet than the day you were on.  Just resume at that point (dose of 0.130) on the spreadsheet.  If you wish, you can re-set the start date until the correct day appears for your current (0.130) dose.

If you're interested in having the graph look right, it will take some additional tinkering.  If that's the case, let me know and I'll figure something out.
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[Buddie]

OK - this won't be too difficult.  You were taking 0.130.  Enter the new pill weight (0.178), then scan down the sheet until you find a dose of 0.130.  It will be further down the spreadsheet than the day you were on.  Just resume at that point (dose of 0.130) on the spreadsheet.  If you wish, you can re-set the start date until the correct day appears for your current (0.130) dose.

If you're interested in having the graph look right, it will take some additional tinkering.  If that's the case, let me know and I'll figure something out.


I think I figured it out (maybe, I am brain dead and my sxs are pretty bad right now).  I kept the old spreadsheet with the prior numbers, weights, etc. I wanted to preserve the symptom rating chart and it's fluctuations, they definitely show a pattern which is interesting.

Then I started a new graph with today's date and the new whole pill weight .178.
The dose doesn't change, .388.
But the weight of the pill I am suppose to take now reads .138 (instead of .131) which makes sense, right, because the pill itself weighs more. So even though I appears I am taking more, I am not because the new pills weighs more. That's right, right?

If this is right, I am going to make darn well sure I check the new bottle's pill weight each time I get a refill and use a new graph each time the pill weight changes. It shouldn't matter, .138. vs .131, but I am so sensitive and I wish I wasn't.

Thank you for still being there for all of us who are still struggling. It means a lot to me.


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[Buddie]

Yes - Today's dose (in mgs) shouldn't change, but the pill weight will.  So find where the dose of medicine is the same and see how much pill weight that now represents.
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[Buddie]

Great thread [...]!   :thumbsup:

Stay strong!
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[Buddie]

can you post the password so I can unlock it and change some of the symptom rating names?
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