Author: stephent

Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 9:16 pm

I peaked at 8 milligrams and started a slow taper last month. I am knocking off a milligram per month and started taking 6 for the first time today. I was taking 6.5 milligrams for the three previous days. I am noticing increased anxiety, yesterday had some body temp regulation problems. I also remember feeling the same last month when I dropped from 8 to 7. I got a pretty serious headache one day and have been hazy. I also had slight cravings, which I hardly have. I have been "clean" for almost 10 months

I just want to make sure this is normal. It is nothing serious and obviously nothing I cannot handle. I am thinking I might be hyper-sensitive or something, because when I would use opiates I would only use for a few weeks and then taper myself off and not use for a few months (problem was I did this for years). I am being very cautious during my taper and am going to take it very slow. My doctor said that he is giving me pretty much free reign on how I am doing it. He hasn’t encouraged me to get off, but I want to at least get down to a smaller dose.

Author: stephent

Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 9:16 pm

I peaked at 8 milligrams and started a slow taper last month. I am knocking off a milligram per month and started taking 6 for the first time today. I was taking 6.5 milligrams for the three previous days. I am noticing increased anxiety, yesterday had some body temp regulation problems. I also remember feeling the same last month when I dropped from 8 to 7. I got a pretty serious headache one day and have been hazy. I also had slight cravings, which I hardly have. I have been "clean" for almost 10 months

I just want to make sure this is normal. It is nothing serious and obviously nothing I cannot handle. I am thinking I might be hyper-sensitive or something, because when I would use opiates I would only use for a few weeks and then taper myself off and not use for a few months (problem was I did this for years). I am being very cautious during my taper and am going to take it very slow. My doctor said that he is giving me pretty much free reign on how I am doing it. He hasn’t encouraged me to get off, but I want to at least get down to a smaller dose.