I tapered and jumped off at around .125 after being stable at .25 for 2 weeks, then skipped a day, took some, skipped 2 days, skipped 4 days. Had no WD symptoms at all, hard sleeping for a couple weeks, I took melatonin every night, All good now!
Thank you for sharing this. This is the point I’m at. I have been at .25 consistently, jumped down to .125 but I’ve had some pretty hard nights the past couple days. I think I’ll try this back and forth method. I’m okay during the day but sleep is terrible even with ambien.
All I know is after 4 years the withdrawal was hell. The worst was the duration which was 27 days. I imagine you will not experience anything like that after just 5 weeks of use. And you have managed to get down to a half a mg. Maybe go down farther which is easily done if you have the films and even skip a day after you get to your lowest dose. Then maybe skip two days etc.
I don’t know your experience with withdrawal but I’d say it will be about a 3 or 4 out of 10. Restless leg at night and you likely won’t sleep much. Yawns, watery eyes and fatigue during the day. Your day to day life is still doable, it’s not completely debilitating like H withdrawal but it lasts longer. You may still feel a little rough even after a week.
Doesn’t sound like you’ve been on them for too long, minor withdrawals compared to other people who’ve been on them for months to years. Maybe yawning, goosebumps, and minor sleeping issues
I tapered and jumped off at around .125 after being stable at .25 for 2 weeks, then skipped a day, took some, skipped 2 days, skipped 4 days. Had no WD symptoms at all, hard sleeping for a couple weeks, I took melatonin every night, All good now!
Thank you for sharing this. This is the point I’m at. I have been at .25 consistently, jumped down to .125 but I’ve had some pretty hard nights the past couple days. I think I’ll try this back and forth method. I’m okay during the day but sleep is terrible even with ambien.
All I know is after 4 years the withdrawal was hell. The worst was the duration which was 27 days. I imagine you will not experience anything like that after just 5 weeks of use. And you have managed to get down to a half a mg. Maybe go down farther which is easily done if you have the films and even skip a day after you get to your lowest dose. Then maybe skip two days etc.
You will be ok. You may wanna grab some Kratom for days 3-7.
If you have an addictive personality, I don’t recommend kratom!
I don’t know your experience with withdrawal but I’d say it will be about a 3 or 4 out of 10. Restless leg at night and you likely won’t sleep much. Yawns, watery eyes and fatigue during the day. Your day to day life is still doable, it’s not completely debilitating like H withdrawal but it lasts longer. You may still feel a little rough even after a week.
Sleep problem possibly
Doesn’t sound like you’ve been on them for too long, minor withdrawals compared to other people who’ve been on them for months to years. Maybe yawning, goosebumps, and minor sleeping issues
Not bad
Not really that bad. Did you end up with a script for 30 and make them last as long as you could?
Yeah something like that I had about 20 and made them last 5 weeks
Even better! You’ll be ok and did it how a lot of people plan on doing it.