Author: autononymous
Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 1:09 pm
Hi Lily, I’ve been following your thread but i held back from posting before….but when you found those extra strips, I thought good, now she can keep tapering instead of jumping so soon. But I didn’t say anything. I too have great trouble monitoring myself, so I do understand your urge to just flush any sub that you consider extra and be done. But I vote with the idea of delaying that a bit to see how you feel. That is, if you think having your husband hold the sub for you will work. It seems to me that the people who taper down to the lowest amounts, down to about 1/4 of 0.5 mgs are the ones who report the easiest time at the end. But yeah, it’s hard to get the dose down that low without going to the liquid method, and I do understand why some people feel that jumping at a relatively high dose is the only way they will ever do it. And in your case, you are NOT at a high dose at all, you are already at a dose that many people decide to jump from. But still, your taper has been fairly rapid, right? Bottom line, my thought here is that this unexpected scrip gives you the option to taper longer and lower if you need to and to me keeping that option seems like a good idea. However, if you thought you were only going to bring your dose back UP because of having the script, then I can really see why you would want to get rid of it. Ultimately you will decide how to handle this and whatever you do I certainly wish you well. If continuing to taper seems like prolonging agony, then jumping sooner may be best…but if I were you I think I’d prefer to taper further. Have you tried skipping days yet?
