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@jakedduck1

@searchgirl
I personally believe the decrease your contemplating is to large/fast. Your planning a 26% reduction. I wouldn’t reduce by that large of a percentage myself, especially this medication. The slower you taper the greater your chances of an uneventful taper. I’m a great believer in the 5-10% method. It takes awhile but to me the much higher success rate of no to minimal withdrawal symptoms is well worth the extra time. I think your staying on the lower dose for a month is an excellent idea.
Wishing you the best of luck,
Jake

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I suck at percentages...

Is this closer to 10%?
37,5 gets cut in 4 so it’ll be 9.3 mg which makes my daily dose a total 46.8 mg per day down from 75mg.