02-28-2017, 02:45 AM
Good comments and recommendations all:
I just wanted to add one more suggestion on maintaining disciplined dosing. It relates to what I believe is referred to as interdose withdrawal. If you experience a behavioral / physiological pattern where you can no longer wait for your next assigned dosage without your symptoms creeping back, and perhaps overcoming you, then you are most definitely on the path to increasing tolerance to your medication. That's bad news and it means that it is time to put yourself in check.
Personally, I don't want to stop taking my medication. No way! There is no cure for my condition and I have no desire to return to the quality of life I experienced pre-medication. For me, this means that it is time to put myself through a tolerance withdrawal. I have not strayed far from my original, relatively low, daily dose. So I just drop back and suffer my way through it. If, however, you have gone far off course, then you need to take extra care and taper accordingly (lots to read about that here on IOPList).
You simply can not safely administer many of the medications we seek if you allow tolerance to build. It is not sustainable! Get back to your original dose and dosing schedule as soon as possible and stay there!
I only speak from experience. I'm no expert. Just glad to be amongst friends here on the IOPList.
Black Bird
I just wanted to add one more suggestion on maintaining disciplined dosing. It relates to what I believe is referred to as interdose withdrawal. If you experience a behavioral / physiological pattern where you can no longer wait for your next assigned dosage without your symptoms creeping back, and perhaps overcoming you, then you are most definitely on the path to increasing tolerance to your medication. That's bad news and it means that it is time to put yourself in check.
Personally, I don't want to stop taking my medication. No way! There is no cure for my condition and I have no desire to return to the quality of life I experienced pre-medication. For me, this means that it is time to put myself through a tolerance withdrawal. I have not strayed far from my original, relatively low, daily dose. So I just drop back and suffer my way through it. If, however, you have gone far off course, then you need to take extra care and taper accordingly (lots to read about that here on IOPList).
You simply can not safely administer many of the medications we seek if you allow tolerance to build. It is not sustainable! Get back to your original dose and dosing schedule as soon as possible and stay there!
I only speak from experience. I'm no expert. Just glad to be amongst friends here on the IOPList.
Black Bird