Pill cutter

How do you cut a pill evenly into any thing less than half? Is there a magical cutter that I'm somehow not aware of?

 

Also, for withdrawal symptoms, is there a correlation between a a low dose for very long period of time or a high dose for a shorter period of time. Is one worse than the other? Years ago I went from 4mg to 2mg overnight and it wasn't too awful but I'm on 1-2mg daily and if I'm off for whatever reason, day 3 starts to be a real problem. So is it that last mg that makes people's experience so miserable.

 

I also dont know if I'm posting in the right place, im new here. Hi

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I don't think that there are any magical pill cutters. I use a crafting exacto blade (basically a razor blade with a better grip) to make more precise cuts than my pill cutter can manage.

How do you cut a pill evenly into any thing less than half? Is there a magical cutter that I'm somehow not aware of?

 

Also, for withdrawal symptoms, is there a correlation between a a low dose for very long period of time or a high dose for a shorter period of time. Is one worse than the other? Years ago I went from 4mg to 2mg overnight and it wasn't too awful but I'm on 1-2mg daily and if I'm off for whatever reason, day 3 starts to be a real problem. So is it that last mg that makes people's experience so miserable.

 

I also dont know if I'm posting in the right place, im new here. Hi

 

Thats a lovely question and here comes a hug. I have a little tear in my eyes reading that topic. For it reminded me that 3 years ago I was in a 5 year lasting taper cutting crumbs I could hardly see, exploding pills all over the room - god that was horrible. But - its over now and I am happy so far..

 

I have used something like that:

 

With time you learn to use it. I was able to make cuts of 1/8 out of an Ativan pill. Unbelievable.

 

On which benzo are you? Do you know the ashton protocol how to taper in which cuts? It would be the best to read it first! Cause such big cuts you did are never good.

We can never know why one withdrawal is worse than the other, depends from so many variables, on the time you took it, the overall condition, if you reached kind of tolerance to the med and so on.

 

It would be good to create a signature in which you write what you are taking in which dosage, - so anyone can read and support quickly.

 

Best wishes!

Marigold

Hi LeeVanChief

 

When buddies approach for the first time the taper process, frequently they thought it would simply consist of reducing a small amount of medication every period of time until the last dose then jump. They are not wrong as the drug reduction is the essence of the taper. Then it comes to put it in practice. Like most of us, they have in their hands tablets in a bottle they have been using so far. Next step would be to split a tablet to small and equal parts.

 

Let's take the example of someone who like me uses a 0.5 mg Clonazepam tablet for his current dose of 0.5 mg/day. Using a tablet splitter/knife/razor, he separates the tablet to quarters, each containing 0.125 mg of drug. With some dexterity he will get 4 quarters of nearly the same size. I did not have the same ability and although I used a tablet splitter, the parts crumbled most of the time during the separation. Sometimes they resulted in more than 4 parts! This operation was sometimes source of frustration as I stared down at the tiny crumbs. I frequently wondered who is that gifted person who is able to further split a tiny tablet to 1/8 and obtain 8 equal parts each containing 0.0625 mg of benzo. I guess only a few can do it. So in our example we will stick to the quarters of a tablet.

 

First day, buddie tosses a quarter over 4. His intention is to hold the dose for a period of time more or less long, say one or two months. But look! What we are just witnessing is a 25% cut! As the general recommendations are to reduce between 5-10% every 10-14 days, this is definitely a huge reduction. Although buddie will be holding for one month or more, the sudden reduction at the moment will create a shock to his CNS. If I can interprete the vocal reaction of the organism in human words, it would be: "Hey chump! Enough joke! Slow down will you?". Depending on a number of different parameters, buddie might feel or not symptoms during this phase or those symptoms remain manageable for him.

 

One month elapsed then buddie tosses a new quarter over 3. It is now a 33% cut!! :( He starts to feel withdrawal symptoms, some are known, others were not present before. They might again be manageable or they might well be very unsettling. This is a way for the organism to protest against the damages buddie was self inflicting ("Good Heaven! You did it again didn't you? I can't stand it any more!").

 

Then following his schedule the heroic buddie grits his teeth and holds another month or more hoping that the body will adapt by miracles to this important change. Insomnia, foggy minds, blurred vision, dizziness, you name it, follow. Guess what! buddie cuts again! Again a new quarter off but this time over 2 and it results in a 50% cut!!!. :(

 

The wall mentioned by several "dry-cutters" appears when symptoms start from a no-symptoms or little-symptoms state, increase in intensity and stay persistent whatever dose you try to turn to or however long you hold. No way to stabilize and advance in the taper. One feels stuck. The damages inflicted to the CNS by abruptly decreasing benzo quantity appear permanent and there is no sign they will ever improve.

 

Things become suddenly clear when we read about how many similar situations got a happy end. It was when buddies, in a desperate attempt to get out of the mess, switched to Liquid Taper. With this method, there is no more constraint to reduce a quarter of a tablet at a time. The reduction becomes now a micro-reduction and buddie can easily and accurately taper with doses even lower than 1/16 of a tablet. Switching to liquid will definitely minimize suffering through smaller, more precise and stable reductions compared to dry cutting which becomes less precise as doses reduce. Needless to say that this controllable pace is essential to the success of the taper process.

 

I have previously used a tablet splitter bought on Ebay for a few dollars, more or less the same as Marigold1's. Then I switched to Liquid Taper and threw it away. If you want to learn more about Liquid Taper, have a look to the Help section in here: http://benzo.alwaysdata.net/

 

Hope it helps.