Builder, can you help me with DLMT for K?

I am at .18 mg of K at this point. I have to go quite slowly as I have other health issues that are exacerbated by tapering. I will be using the PG as the solvent and know that the formula is 1mg:2ml:8ml. I need a schedule to reduce 5% every 2 weeks.

    I have .5 mg pills.  For 10 days I would use 5 pills, 10 ml PG, 40 ml of water. Is that correct?

I am not quite sure about the rest of the schedule. I could sure use your help. I have all the equipment from my last liquid taper except for the PG, which I will order today.

    I have been holding at this level for 8 wks to stabilize and am ready to go forward.

Thank you so very much for helping so many here. I hope you realize how much you and Jim Hawks are appreciated! This would be overwhelming without your help.

I am at .18 mg of K at this point. I have to go quite slowly as I have other health issues that are exacerbated by tapering. I will be using the PG as the solvent and know that the formula is 1mg:2ml:8ml. I need a schedule to reduce 5% every 2 weeks.

    I have .5 mg pills.  For 10 days I would use 5 pills, 10 ml PG, 40 ml of water. Is that correct?

I am not quite sure about the rest of the schedule. I could sure use your help. I have all the equipment from my last liquid taper except for the PG, which I will order today.

    I have been holding at this level for 8 wks to stabilize and am ready to go forward.

 

Thank you so very much for helping so many here. I hope you realize how much you and Jim Hawks are appreciated! This would be overwhelming without your help.

.18mg X 5% = .009mg

.009mg/14 days = .0006mg/day

Because you will be working with very small daily cuts, I would do 1mg:2ml PG: 98ml water.  This gives you a finished solution of .01mg=1ml.  This will be easier to work with.

Schedule:

.18mg                18ml

.1794mg            17.94ml

.1788mg            17.88ml

.1782mg            17.82ml

etc...

just lower your dose by .06ml (.0006mg) each day.

I am at .18 mg of K at this point. I have to go quite slowly as I have other health issues that are exacerbated by tapering. I will be using the PG as the solvent and know that the formula is 1mg:2ml:8ml. I need a schedule to reduce 5% every 2 weeks.

  I have .5 mg pills.  For 10 days I would use 5 pills, 10 ml PG, 40 ml of water. Is that correct?

I am not quite sure about the rest of the schedule. I could sure use your help. I have all the equipment from my last liquid taper except for the PG, which I will order today.

    I have been holding at this level for 8 wks to stabilize and am ready to go forward.

Hello, BC.  First and foremost, congratulations on making it to 0.18mg of clonazepam.  That’s a major accomplishment!  The bolded part of your message caught my eye.  I wonder if you might be a tad fuzzy re: the difference between number of pills and strength of pills?

If you use 5 of your 0.5mg pills, the total amount of clonazepam would be 2.5mg (5 x 0.5). Applying the 1:2:8 ratio, would yield this formula:

2.5mg of clonazepam + 5 mL PG + 20 mL water = 0.1 mg/mL.  This amount of liquid would last 13 days (2.5mg/.18mg) at your current dose.

I’m no expert but FWIW I agree with builder’s suggestion that you consider making a more dilute solution. Your formula would be:

TWO of your 0.5 mg pills (or 1mg of clonazepam)  + 2mL PG + 98mL water = 1mg/100mL of liquid =  0.01 mg/mL.  This amount of liquid would last 5 days (1/.18) which would allow you to get an initial read on how you react to this new formulation while holding your current dose constant.

I hope this helps! L

Edit: minor wording change

Thank you Builder and Libertas for the help, and yes I did make the mistake of not calculating the pills right. What a noodlenoggin I am. Thank you Builder for your kindness in not pointing out my obvious mistake but just giving me the formula which I will follow.

    Thank you Libertas for pointing it out so graciously as me being a bit "fuzzy". Yes my thinking has been a bit fuzzy the last few months, as a matter of fact it is more like long haired furry with tangles.

Love to you both,

Butter