My minimal symptom taper plan to helps others

Ativan 

I thought I would share my taper plan thus far.  I have had some symptoms such as headaches, fatigue and some nausea but other than that it has worked well for me and I am able to make a cut every 14 days.

I cut 5% every 14 days and then hold for 14 days.  I cut the tablets using a razor knife and weight the tablets on a scale.  I intend to keep four doses all the way until the end.  Once the doses are very small I will crush them into a powder, weigh them, put the powder in my mouth and chase with water.  Here is an example of the calculation of doses:

So I cut one dose at a time starting from the bottom.

My current doses are

Dose 1: 0.34

Dose 2: 0.34

Dose 3: 0.33

Dose 4: 0.32

Total = 1.33mg (hold for two weeks)

Then I calculate 5% of 1.33mg which is 1.26mg.  That is a 0.07mg difference, so then my doses will be

Dose 1: 0.34

Dose 2: 0.34

Dose 3: 0.33

Dose 4: 0.25

Total = 1.26mg (hold for two weeks)

Then I calculate 5% of 1.26mg which is 1.20mg.  That is a 0.06mg difference, so then my doses will be

Dose 1: 0.34

Dose 2: 0.34

Dose 3: 0.27

Dose 4: 0.25

Total = 1.20mg (hold for two weeks)

and so on and so forth.  I really hope this helps someone.

1.33 – August 26 2018

1.26 – September 9 2018

1.20 – September 23 2018

1.14 – October 7 2018

1.08 – October 21 2018

1.00 – November 4 2018

0.95 – November 18 2018

0.90 – December 2 2018

0.85 – December 16 2018

0.75 – December 30 2018

0.70 – January 13 2019

0.65 – January 27 2019

0.60- February 10 2019

0.55 – February 24 2019

0.50 – March 10 2019

0.45 – March 24 2019

0.40 – April 7 2019

0.35 – April 21 2019

0.30 – May 5 2019

0.25 – May 19 2019

0.20 – June 2 2019

0.15 – June 16 2019

0.10 – June 30 2019

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