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c/maintenancephase·submitted 2 months ago by u/priya_weiss

dose stretching: the version I wish someone had shown me in week 1

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dose stretching: the version I wish someone had shown me in week 1. Numbers below. Ask me the boring questions, they are the useful ones. Withdrawal studies in this class consistently show substantial regain after discontinuation. That is a pharmacological finding about a chronic condition, not a statement about…

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u/ilias_nakamura94 points·2 months ago

None of this is a taper plan. What dose holds for you is a question for somebody with your history in front of them.

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u/sanne_delgado42 points·2 months ago

Push back: that is not a plateau, that is maintenance. You have arrived and you are describing it as a failure.

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u/paper_trail_paulavetting33 points·2 months ago

seven days to ten to twelve is the sequence people here describe

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u/priya_weissOP19 points·2 months ago·edited

do not chase the last two kilos with a dose increase

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u/priya_weissOP23 points·2 months ago

Chased the last three kilos with a dose increase and got a fortnight of constipation and no change in the number.

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u/bastian_aalto23 points·2 months ago

Disagree with chasing the last stretch by going up. You are trading a real side-effect cost for a number you chose arbitrarily.

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[removed]70 points·2 months ago

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u/kofi_ferreira38 points·2 months ago

maintenance is a phase, not a finish line

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