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@brightwings

Wow, wow, wow...lots going on here.
Its too hot for me to use all the energy to go back and read all the posts. Sorry, but my MS is very active...
Ok, so we have someone wanting to do a 50%reduction. Hmmmm, I used to think like that...
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In spite of my being an RN, I thought I will just get myself off this last drug of 16 I had weaned myself off of.
So I went cold turkey... Off of 125 mg daily...I only took another dose when the symptoms got to bad....from August to January or something like that.
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NOT THE THING TO DO...DO NOT TRY THIS.
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I ended up having a full on stroke, the drag your foot to the door, hand clenched tight, drooling kind of stroke...
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So devers, if you want to go 50% reduction and ignore all the great advice my friends here are trying to pass on, that is on you. Be prepared for the consequences though.
Bright Wings

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You could have saved yourself the trouble and just have someone hit you with a sledgehammer. I tried the cold turkey from 200mg then twice at my own guesses for tapering. As you might expect, I was not entirely successful, sorry you went through that.