I am going to taper .5mg after reading advice from others. I experienced my first flare up after I overdid the physical activity a couple of weeks ago. I was suppose to go down to 6 mg and instead went from 7 back up to 8 for several says. Then back to 7 for almost 2 weeks and today at 6.5 . I have appreciated the posts that make me realize slow tapering is extremely important.