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Re: How hard is it to wean off your medication? - August 16th 2017, 02:24 AM
Hi Dez,

You should really only wean off with your doctors approval and advice. I completely understand not being able to afford your meds as I pay a few hundred each month for mine (this is including benefits).

Usually how the doctors do it is to slowly lower the dose you take. Lets say you're on 10 mg (made up dosage). You should cut it down to like 7 mg, then 5 mg, then 3 mg, then stop completely. This is the best way to do it so you don't go through any type of withdrawal.

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