2nd Try

All,

 

After a long time on Ativan taking 0.5 mg/day I started a water taper last summer. When I got to 0.19 mg recently the WD symptoms became unbearable and I reinstated back to 0.5 mg/day. Serious work stress complicated things and I could not go on.

 

 

I feel I am stable or close to stable at this dose. As I got closer to jump off the inter dose symptoms just got too intense and I need to work.

 

So I am wondering if the next time I try maybe I should try a different technique?

 

 

Direct taper seems complicated at low doses. Switch to Valium? That seems to be a mixed bag.

 

I would appreciate any help.

 

Thanks

Gosh I'm sorry to hear you had to go back up to .5 but relieved to hear you've somewhat stabilized.  Can you share the details of your previous taper so we can know where there may be room for improvement?