[Discussion] discontinuation is doing more work than we give it credit for
discontinuation is doing more work than we give it credit for — a position I have arrived at slowly and would like tested. Regained most of it over a year and spent that year assuming it was my fault. It was not; it is what the literature describes. Stopped abruptly once and gradually once. The gradual one was easier…
Withdrawal studies across this class consistently show substantial regain after discontinuation, with appetite typically returning before weight changes. That is a description of the pharmacology of a chronic condition.
Nothing on this board is a taper schedule, and no member can write one for another. What can be shared is what people watched and what they observed.
Nothing on this board is a taper schedule, and no member can write one for another.
Adding the one process step — write down where you are before you change anything.
Right, and the habits from the losing phase are the part that has to outlive the dose.
a fortnight of nothing is not evidence that you are fine
a fortnight of nothing is not evidence that you are fine
This is the sentence that reframes the whole board. Appetite first, scale later.