Posted by Willful on February 1, 2010, at 11:04:32
In reply to Re: Destabilized? Parnate Withdrawals? How long?, posted by inanimate peanut on January 31, 2010, at 23:00:53
Decreasing by 10 mg every week might be a better plan. Since you have a strong reaction to each decrease, you'd probably get a better sense of how well you respond at any level after you get back to 60 mg (or 80 mg), stabilize there, and then test your reactions by going up by 10 mg every two weeks.
In going up, you'll be feeling whether the dosage is better, whereas in going down, the period (possibly protracted) during which you feel worse could give you the idea that a dose isn't helpful. So it'll seem that a dose doesn't work, which would, in fact, as an increase, give you a good response.
Based on your prior experiences, your reaction going up has got to be a better test of dosages than your reaction in going down.
Willful
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