I've been on diazepam for 3 months, started tapering about a month ago, currently down from 25 to 15mg/day (7.5 in the morning + 7.5 at night). Going from 25 -> 17.5mg wasn't too bad, I could feel some annoying symptoms during the day but eventually they would fade as I held onto the same dosage for a few days. I was even able to take vyvanse a few times without any sides whatsoever once stabilized
However, the drop from 17.5 to 15 has rocked me a little harder, it's been 3 days and the head pressure + tingly skin is getting to me (altho it has improved a teensy bit). I'm still able to sleep and function just fine (apart from heightened anxiety and lower social drive), but I wonder if it only gets worse from here? Considering each 2.5mg decrease represents a larger cut percentage-wise the lower you go. I highly doubt I'd be able to accurately cut a 10mg pill in 8 parts in order to manage a 1.25mg decrease instead - would alternating days work? e.g 15mg one day, 12.5mg the other, till i drop down to 12.5mg. Or do I just keep dropping it by 2.5 and power thru it as long as I'm still able to sleep fine
I think kindling is playing a role here bc I have abused stronger benzos (such as clonazolam) for longer periods of time and from what I can recall had a relatively symptom-free taper (using diazepam) I have also gone cold-turkey once from a 10 day 90mg diazepam/day binge 2 years ago, the worst of the wds lasted for for roughly 2 weeks after quitting, but I was still going to the gym and living life normally