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c/tapering·submitted 19 days ago by u/nikhil_lindqvist

[Question] how long were you on before you tapered

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Slightly embarrassed to be asking this, but: how long were you on before you tapered. 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. There is very little…

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u/peptidemeter_pat87 points·17 days ago

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.

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u/nikhil_lindqvistOP38 points·17 days ago

The habits are what carried it for a while. When they slipped, everything else followed, in that order.

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u/liv_kuipers11 points·17 days ago

That reads as advice to stop, which is not something anyone here should be offering.

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u/customs_seizure_sid26 points·17 days ago

Disagree with the framing. Regain is the documented outcome after discontinuation; calling it a personal failure is both wrong and corrosive.

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u/naomi_ekstrom-1 point·17 days ago

the habits are what has to carry it afterwards

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u/nikhil_lindqvistOP15 points·17 days ago

coming back later is allowed and it is common

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