For this last year I was tapering every 4 weeks. In hindsight I think that there were times in the past that I stayed at a certain "resting" place too long. Example, I sat at 5 mgs for 6 months because my doctor told me to. I also think there were times that I was too quick to call episodes "flares" when they most likely weren't. I did really well with slow tapering. It has now been a week since my last pill and I have some aches but as I said I have other issues as well and if I can get the other issues resolved I will be happy with general aches and pains lol. Good luck with your tapering!