[Bi...] Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 Hello, I'm currently taking 2mg in the am, 2mg mid day and 6 mg at bed time....10 mg a day. I want to drop to 8 mg. 2-2-4. I plan on slowing my taper when I get down to 6mg. I have tapered off of high doses before and my biggest side effect is sleeplessness, or trouble falling asleep and staying asleep. Do you think I am tapering too fast? I was going to stay at 8 mg for 4 weeks before dropping to 6, then 4 weeks before next drop. Am I on the right track? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[be...] Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 Yes. A 20% cut is far too much in my opinion. Especially since you’re not at a really high dose. For me since I was a long term high dose user, at that stage I dropped only .25 mg per week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Me...] Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 Hi. I too am tapering off 10 mg of Valium but have done it by dry cutting at 10% every two weeks and that was too much for me so we went to 5% every two weeks. Now I’m at 5mg and have been on a long hold (life stressors a big reason. For long hold). I have appointment with psych on the 21st and gonna ask her about moving forward on taper to 4.5 mg which is 5% cut. For me I have to go slow. With my life stressors and body sensitivity to drugs I can’t go faster. But I want to get off this poison. It’s not even working for me like it used to; tolerance. So what’s the point I feel. Either way I feel like shit so I want to get off. But 5% every two weeks and for me maybe even longer helps more than a big %. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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