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Originally Posted by Sometimes psychotic
So that was a year ago when I was experiencing aggression/anger along with anxiety...which really weren't the symptoms I was sick with, I was just hearing voices. What seems to be effective is going down 2.5 mgs at a time with 6 week intervals between decreases. I know it's slow but I'm not having any problems going from 10 to 7.5 or 7.5 to 5 like I did from 10 to 5. Your pdoc may have a different strategy and some people have no problem getting off but I had been on for a year before trying to go off so I honestly believe that my brain had adapted to having the medication around. For 7.5 I had to cut the 15mg pills in half but that saves money and a trip to the pharmacist too. Anyway I'm still on 5 and scheduled to go down in two weeks. I will try to keep the thread updated as a reference.
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I am going to try this with 4 week intervals (2.5 per 4 weeks). Should take about 5 months to get off. The last month I will take 2.5 every other day and then end it. What I really find though is that it hits me 2, 3 or 4 weeks after I STOP taking it. I'm taking for the same type of thing (hearing voices)