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[commander1]

i always say that to taper off is the best method but i find myself going cold turkey. today is the first day without and ts so damn HOT in here! i just need some supoprt to get me through this. if anyone is going throught he same thing i am, that is going from staying high all day for months to NOTHING, feel free to message me, or whatever, ill do the same for you. we can get through this together. right? right.
thanks.

[rozmom]

I started 6 days ago and started to taper off. I went form 10-15  7/750 a day to 1 1/2 5/500 and it did help with the WD's but i still felt bad but it was tolerable. Luckily i had a long weekend off from work so I could just deal with it. I stayed on that until today and i just stopped. Keep the Imodium handy and then dealing with trying to sleep is an issue. I am sure people here can give suggestions with that.

Today I can tell my system is missing it's fix even though I had it down to a small dose. I finally just thought I have to do this and give up the crutch. It was kinda like I knew it was there and i had a fall back method but I want to do this and get my life back. I agree it's probably better to go CT but definetely with a good support system. I feel so much better about myself that I have even come this far. It has been a habit for over 5 yrs. and I'm tired of being a slave to that pill.

A thought - JUST FOR TODAY - I will live through this day only. I will not brood about yesterday or obsess about tomorrow.I know that I can do something for 24 hours (or 5 minutes) that would overwhelm me if I had to keep it up for a lifetime!

Please be strong!!

[phlp413]

I tried the taper thing and something would come up and would use heavier again and try to taper again.  Just a roller coaster for me.  I c/t saturday.  On day 4 and feel a lot better.  I was 4 norco's a day.  Hang in there you can do it and you will feel better.  I think what the experienced people on this site are right.  Its after you feel better you think you can handle it.  Aftercare is probably where its at and something I am pondering on doing.  I can go to a local church that has a really good one or possibly an addiction counselor if I can learn more about that.  good luck!

[BEEN72]

Keep going!  We are all cheering for you!  It is hard to go through but we all have been there.  Read the success stories.  That is what helped me.  It gave me hope.  Keep us posted.  

[forumryder]

i am at the end of my taper right now.  i been tapering off for 2 weeks now. i am at my loest dose right now and will be all done tomorrow.  it has been ok been REALLY tired.  but also feel some wd symptoms.  i dont know what it is going to be like after i am completly done tho.  some people say it will be fine but some say it will get bad.  i hate how tired i am tho.  i would of almost rather gone ct to get it done with so fast and everything but i didnt know how bad it would be.  i gave my girlfriend my pills and she has been giving me a certian amount every day.  

[liscamdave]

In my opinion, and I went cold turkey a few times. Getting it over with, is much easier then going through a taper plan. If you are going to taper, you need to do a good proper taper, which should ultimately keep you out of w.d, but never high. You should drop 10% every 4 days. People that do this, almost have no w.d at all. But you are tired the whole time. I think to just do it in 5-7 days and get it over with, is much better then draggin it out. But to each his own...different things work for diff people...