Fast taper

I am wanting to get off Ativan fast as I am not coping with the withdrawl symotims.  Each day gets worse.  On 1.6mg.  Want to do 1/4 tablet each week.  Is this way too fast and what’s the worst that can happen to me

Are you still tapering your other medications?  What has your taper rate for the Ativan been thus far?

I have been doing 10% every 2 weeks.  I am holding on the cymbalta. My dr wants me to do 1/4 tablet every week. 

Sorry I sent a pm but struggle to know how to post.  Anybody else come off a fast Ativan taper.  Should I do as dr recommends

You can taper as fast as you want to as long as you understand that you'll most likely continue to experience symptoms long after you're off the drug.  Step 1 is getting off the drug, step 2 is recovery and yours could be challenging if you taper quickly.  The purpose of a taper is to use the drug to mitigate withdrawal symptoms, once you're off you won't have it to temper your symptoms.  Have you seen this post, a lot of members relate to the various phases of recovery.  Four Phases of Withdrawal-Where Are You?

Do you think dr is wrong and making me go too fast.  Dammed if I do dammed if I don’t it seems.  Know you cant advise but is it faster than recommended

I believe a patient led, symptom based taper is the best way and I think its sad that a doctor won't allow you to do this when you're the one who has to suffer if his plan is too fast for you.  Have you shown him this document?  Colorado Consortium Benzodiazepine Deprescribing Guidelines

Unfortunately his response is he is already trained and does not need to read anything I have to show him.  He just says stsynogg google. 

Can you help me with cymbalta.  Dr says on a low dose of 3mg so according to him that’s a therapeutic dose so I can CT it.  I

You might want to check out this organization for help with Cymbalta or you could ask our members what they think on the Other Medications board.

 

https://www.survivingantidepressants.org/

 

Nice to know your doctor has learned all he needs to in this life, I'm not sure any human has been able to accomplish this so he must really be something. 

If you're already struggling now it's likely you'll struggle more if you go faster. That's just the nature of this beast. If your symptoms are tough the opposite approach would probably help you more. To hold for a while and stabilize and to slow your taper down. Good luck. I hope you can find a way that works for you.