So it was my first break and we tried to taper after a year to see if I was ok...pdoc initially tapered to half the dose ie 5mg it was just too fast...I had trouble with anxiety...ie running out of movies etc because I was so nervous....really wanting to yell at people I was so irritated. So I took a chance and went back up not all the way but half the way to 7.5mg....a year after that once I was more confidant we continued the taper to 5, 2.5 and finally zero.

For me with 7.5 I had less Parkinson's and less restlessness...I always needed to be doing something on 10mg I could just relax on 7.5mg.....so 7.5mg was just as effective but fewer side effects for me. It took longer for me to start tapering again because cutting from 10 to 5 I didn't know if we had simply tapered too fast or if I might relapse so I just waited to start again.