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This is what I did:
Ativan taper
Reduce every two to three weeks:
Cut pill in half, then quarters
(1) .5, .5, .25, .5, .5, .25…
(2) .5, .25, .5, .25….
(3) .5, .25, .25, .5, .25, .25….
(4) .25 every day
(5) .25, .25, .125, .25, .25, .125…
(6) .25, .125, .25, .125…
(7) .25, .125, .125, .25, .125, .125…
(8) .125 every day
(9) .125, .125, no pill, .125, .125, no pill
(10) .125, no pill, .125, no pill
(11) .125, no pill, no pill, .125, no pill, no pill
(12) Done!!