Question about tapering and symptoms

Hello all - I have a question about whether my symptoms are normal during tapering.  I'd been on 10mg, tried to taper straight to 9mg - unsuccessful as various aches and pains came back pretty quickly.  I went back up to 10mg until things settled down, then went onto DSNS taper.  All good until I got to 1 day old, 3 days new - on the third day of new (9mg), everything started hurting again.  That was on Thursday.  Admittedly, all the pains weren't nearly as bad as things were at the very start of this journey, but are they part of a normal taper, or it is a sign that I'm reducing too quickly for my body?  

I'm sure I've read somewhere that it's not uncommon for the body to complain a bit during tapering, but the issue is whether things improve over a few days, or get worse.  So I'm confused as to whether to stick it out for a bit longer (how long?) to see if things settle, or if I'm better going back up to 10mg until I get comfortable again and then try tapering by 0.5mg?

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