Please help ! Diazipam taper , having a hard time
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Hi
Long story short .
I’m tapering off Diazipam which I’ve been on for 10 months , original dose 15mg , 3x mg each day .
I am now on 1.5mg morning and 2my evening, I was on 2mg in the morning but dropped 0.5mg on Monday , really feeling it today , shaky , dizzy, eyes a bit blurry, sleep is very disturbed.
I know some people can taper quicker but I’m very sensitive to meds , cane off Sertraline and Mirtazapine this year, the Mirtazapine was really tough.
Should I go down another 0.5mg in a weeks time or leave it for a couple of weeks and should I do it by dropping the night time dose then going back and dropping the day time dose to keep them equal ?
So I’ve only got to get off 3.5mg but I didn’t realise how hard it would be😩
Any advice would be appreciated and any success stories would inspire me to just get on with it and put up with the withdrawals, I had no idea how hard this would be.
Will this latest drop level out or will it keep going on , I’m struggling.
Thank you for reading this and I hope any of you can help me.
Matt
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jean01846 matt39801
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Cook46 matt39801
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as they are in tablet form you can reduce by shaving small amounts with a razor very small amounts so as not to be hit with all the horrible withdrawl effects.
I went cold turkey from 5mg at night to nothing and it was the worst week of my life, i did get through it after a week but it was a terrible feeling of withdrawl doom and gloom
I am all or nothing so not suggesting you do the same, also it depends why you are taking them and if you are taking anything else alongside
Hope I was helpful. Discuss with your GP also .
Cook46 matt39801
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as they are in tablet form you can reduce by shaving small amounts with a razor very small amounts so as not to be hit with all the horrible withdrawl effects.
I went cold turkey from 5mg at night to nothing and it was the worst week of my life, i did get through it after a week but it was a terrible feeling of withdrawl doom and gloom
I am all or nothing so not suggesting you do the same, also it depends why you are taking them and if you are taking anything else alongside
Hope I was helpful. Discuss with your GP also .
jo19763 matt39801
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I know this was years ago but wondered how you went?
jo19763 matt39801
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have you seen the pdf of the Ashton Manual? I do mine at .5mg for 3 weeks but even shave a tiny piece off each pill or see if your chemist can water titrate it.
joshuapryce1987 matt39801
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Withdrawal effects happen when sudden stoppage of drugs. Take it slow and steady.