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[angel47630]

I wanted to let you know I did the halves today that you and my dr had written out.   I didn't pay it much attention til I saw your post and I want to thank you so much.

When you cut up your pills into halves to take every 2 hours it is really hard to get that many in.    Not to mention I don't want another half when the time is near.    

You really helped me with this and I want you to know how important it is to always keep with us, you just never know who you are "saving" that day.   By doing halves, I had minimal wd today.

THANK YOU!!!
Karen
Oh, how did that headache pan out??

[FLaddict]

Ok so you are down to 5 per day that is great hun... From here instead of doing big drops I woud spread em out.. that way you shouldn't have any withdrawls minus some mild stuff that is unavoidable for anyone.. Tomorrow take your halves every 2.5 hours.. Tuesday every 3 hours. Wed. every 3.5 hours Thursday every 4 hours at that point one half will drop out automatically So you will be down to 4.5 pills by Thursday. Take Friday and Saturday to adjust. Then Sunday go to one half every 5 hours.Continue as above until you are at 4 pills per day. Then I would since you are already doing halves go to quaters every 2 hours again. So one quater pill every 2 hours. and start the spreading process over again.. By doing it this way it happens slow enough that you don't feel the ''big drops'' but you are still doind something positive and pro active in your taper on a daily basis. I find that when people do drops once a week and try to drop out a whole pill they either get frustrated because they don't feel well or they put it off and say ''oh I will drop that pill tommorrow"' and then 3 days go by and they didn't drop the pill.. By doing it this way and keeping a journal of your doses you are actively making progress on a daily basis.. and slow enough that you are not suffering.. At the same time it doesn't take forever to do... very easy to be off of 4-5 pills in a few weeks..

XOXO

Let me know what you think

[angel47630]

You are so helpful, thank you so much!

I have taken xanax for 15 years, same dose, same times and NEVER misused that, isn't that weird??  I also take Trazadone ( anti-d) because of it's sedating properties, I take it for severe insomnia that goes with the panic.  

Right now I am taking 5, 10/325 norco's.    I cannot believe I have been down an entire week now..............wow!   It is so empowering to have accomplished just that.  

I took halves all day today after 1and a half this morning....................I did the halves every 2 hours.   Is that what you suggest?    You tell me what you think and I will try it.   I am willing to drop when you think, I want to get this done!!  

My pm dr wrote me a script for soma for RLS and the twitching that comes with severe wd.   He suggested with my traz that be the only med I take.  He does not like the Chlonidine because I already have low blood pressure, running 98/60 plus I had my thyroid removed so am on a big dose of synthroid.

Like I said, my biggest issue is to keep the anxiety at the least possible,  I do not want my panic disorder to rear it's ugly head too bad.

I so appreciate you and all you offer us here,
Love to ya,
Karen

[FLaddict]

What dose per day are you at right now??  With the right taper the withdrawls should not be any worse than the massive drop you did.. I can help you figure it out if you want.. How many are you taking now and how often?? Are you taking them on a set schedule?? If not get on one.. like every 4 hours or whatever.. That will help.. You should have a steady small stream in your system without having peaks and valleys of the amount of drug.. This helps your body adjust to the lower doses easier.
Are you taking anything for your anxiety??  I have some supplement recomendations if you are interested. L-glutamine 1,000mgs 3x per day and also L-taurine 1,000mgs 3x per day on a empty stomach you should take these with a B vitamin complex to help absorption and to help carry them over the blood brain barrier. These stimulate the ''relaxing'' GABA part of your brain. Another useful one is L-theanine which comes from the Green tea plant.. they highly concentrate this in supplement form and it is almost like natural valium.. I love it..

[angel47630]

On Tuesday I am going to wipe out 2 or 3 doses.   I am just so ready to be done but I am also trying to keep the anxiety at bay because I already have terrible panic disorder.   The worst part of the wd for me is crippling anxiety.

I am only waiting til Tuesday to give myself a few "good" days as to compose myself after the massive drop from 20 to 5 now.    I survived that so I can do this   :-0

Do you think the wd will be worse than the massive drop?

How do you think I should drop off?

My migraines ended up being muscular in nature and take a muscle relaxer for them, they were not vascular but your Neuro will go over all that with you.   Best of luck tomorrow with all that..................I have been down that road too!

[FLaddict]

Yes the smaller steady streams will also make it easier to drop doses out.. did you set up a schedule for when you will drop some out??

I also hope the neuro can help me... I don't want to life constantly wondering when I will get another debilitating headache.. I at least want to try the Imitrex or have some around for when or if I get another one.. I have so much to do tommorrow as it is.. I hope I am not there to long.. Tuesday I begin at my new salon so I have been super busy calling clients, getting some stuff I needed for there, its been a crazy week for sure..I am making the time to get a massage tommorrow so hopefully that will help.

XOXO

[angel47630]

Thanks again so much for all  your help.   You are so right, I was waiting...........pulling teeth, setting a time goal and then making myself wait an additional 15-30 minutes.   It was very hard.   The little streams are the best and I just overlooked that taper idea.

I hope you get some good info at the dr................Perhaps he can prescribe you something that prevents them upfront ( non narcotic, of course).    

Let me know how you make out.

Keep up all your help,
Karen

[FLaddict]

I am glad that it helped... most people try to wait as long as they can to take their taper dose and that is not the right way to do it... smaller steady streams makes it so much easier.. Anytime...


My headache has luckily not returned since Friday.. I am very thankful... I have been very tired.. I slept in today and have been being pretty lazy.. I have a rough week starting a new job ahead of me..so I am resting as much as i can.. I put myself through alot of stress this week so I needed a break..
Hubby is playing guitar at the local Lucky Jeans Store for a client appreciation day so he is bringing me home some free jeans.. I am quite excited about that..LOL He can get payed in expensive jeans anytime..LOL
So I am chilling on the couch.. hoping another one of those headaches is not in my future.. seeing a neuro doc tommorrow for a headache eval... so hopefuly I will get some answers.

XOXO