thank you all for the responses. I appreciate the warnings and all the advice. I am sure it will all be fine. I expected some mental.......some physical...........but I do not want to end up down the road of wanting and needing more and then the job of getting off that much harder.
It has been a long 3 years...........but I am ready to face the world without the drugs. I think.
If you taper down your dose over a few weeks you should have very mild symptoms. Anxiety, some sleeplessness, some aches, runny nose diarreah. It will feel like you caught a flu bug. Luckily for you, your dose is very low. I would cut a half a pill every 4-6 days, til you are down to one half then stop. You may wanna line it up so you stop on a weekend or when you have a few days off. Get some Immodium for the diarreah, and a sleep aid either OTC of see if your doc will prescribe you one for a 2 week period.
Best of Luck to you..
I was taking 5-10 pills a day since July for a series of 3 operations. I didn't realize until it was almost time to go back to work that I had grown dependent on them. I tried to stop cold turkey, but it was very painful. I ended up doing a very quick taper. I took 2 1/2 pills the first day-only in 1/2 pill doses. The next day I was able to take 1 1/2 pills. Next day 1 pill. Then several days of only a half in the evening. I have had 3 days now with no pills and feel pretty good. I don't think I had the mental addiction that most people talk about here, but I definately had the physical. Tapering like this may not work for everyone, but I was able to get off the pills with aches and pains. Basically I felt like I had a very bad cold. I am definately starting to feel better now.
years ago when I was only on a few tylenol 3's a day for awhile, and then stopped, I had bad pain symptoms. At the time I didnt even realize it was WD's, but thats what it was. Oh how I hurt everywhere in my body. And that was just from some wimpy codeines (ha ha). Little did I know I was working my way up to "bigger and better" drugs (percs, vicodin ) . Good luck to you
I am not sure, but I think your symptoms should be very mild. Sorry I don't know much about detox for a small dose. I'm glad your doctor wants you off them. I wish my doctor had informed me about the rebound pain. Good Luck