13 months in and discontinuation is still the thing I get wrong
Check-in as promised in the title: 13 months in and discontinuation is still the thing I get wrong.
The relevant figures are 13 months, and they come from the same log I have kept the whole time.
Had the conversation with a clinician before stopping rather than after. Considerably easier that way round.
Stopped abruptly once and gradually once. The gradual one was easier to interpret because I could see what was changing.
Research-use-only material is not approved for human use and nothing here should be read as a recommendation to use it.
best — the order this archive was captured in
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.
have the conversation with a clinician before, not after
The habits are what carried it for a while. When they slipped, everything else followed, in that order.
Careful — interval stretching and dose reduction are different interventions and your post uses them interchangeably.
Careful — interval stretching and dose reduction are different interventions and your post uses them interchangeably.
This is the sentence that reframes the whole board. Appetite first, scale later.
Push back: that is a taper schedule aimed at another member and this board does not host those.
Small fix — you have described interval stretching and called it a taper. The exposure profiles differ.
I would not treat appetite returning as a sign of doing it wrong. It is the expected sequence.
Stretching the interval or reducing the dose?
Interval stretching lowers the trough concentration while keeping the dose; dose reduction lowers the level while keeping the rhythm. They are different interventions with different subjective profiles.
What are you planning to watch for, and over what period?
What are you planning to watch for, and over what period?
Disagreeing with this bit: stretching and reducing are different things and the post treats them as one.
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