Tapering Drugs

[jacknap]

In general how fast/slow should you taper drugs? 10-20% every week? Every other week? Every month?

What's the fastest without getting negative consquences?

I mostly chronically administer coffee (200mg daily and twice a week I'll go over that to spike it)

phenibut (this one I use often 3x a week and I'd like to get it down to two). (I think I'll just taper on that one day I use it (mondays) and keep the Wednesday and Saturday dosages as is.

 

[barbaar]

In general how fast/slow should you taper drugs? 10-20% every week? Every other week? Every month?

What's the fastest without getting negative consquences?

I mostly chronically administer coffee (200mg daily and twice a week I'll go over that to spike it)

phenibut (this one I use often 3x a week and I'd like to get it down to two). (I think I'll just taper on that one day I use it (mondays) and keep the Wednesday and Saturday dosages as is.

I'm currently going through caffeine withdrawals lol but it's manageable if you go like 1 cup less every 1-2 days. I heard phenibut can be pretty bad but I have no experience with that.

 

[jacknap]

I'm currently going through caffeine withdrawals lol but it's manageable if you go like 1 cup less every 1-2 days. I heard phenibut can be pretty bad but I have no experience with that.

yeah I think I'll taper phenibut very very slowly to be safe. like 10-20% less each month

 

[RebelWithACause]

I would just do it cold turkey caffeine. Phenibut maybe taper 2 mondays in total. But I would also do that cold turkey. Just get through one or two bad days. Done.

 

[jacknap]

I would just do it cold turkey caffeine. Phenibut maybe taper 2 mondays in total. But I would also do that cold turkey. Just get through one or two bad days. Done.

I would think tapering is better because it can be harsh on the gaba system to just cold turkey it and would probably take a lot longer to recover then doing gradually no?

 

[RebelWithACause]

I would think tapering is better because it can be harsh on the gaba system to just cold turkey it and would probably take a lot longer to recover then doing gradually no?

I always do cold turkey. I also used phenibut and stopped cold turkey. Was do able. Just a bit more anxiety. I think cold turkey is faster. Caffeine cold turkey is also doable. You will just be tired.

 

[bruschi11]

5 day water fast off everything

 

[barbaar]

I always do cold turkey. I also used phenibut and stopped cold turkey. Was do able. Just a bit more anxiety. I think cold turkey is faster. Caffeine cold turkey is also doable. You will just be tired.

I get super bad headaches when doing caffeine cold turkey that otc painkillers can't touch (didn't try heavy ones but that's overkill anyways). But yeah cold turkey is the quickest way for sure, it just sucks more.

 

[RebelWithACause]

I get super bad headaches when doing caffeine cold turkey that otc painkillers can't touch (didn't try heavy ones but that's overkill anyways). But yeah cold turkey is the quickest way for sure, it just sucks more.

Yea true forgot about the headaches. But it is better to suffer a bit for a week then to make it last thee weeks where you feel meh.

I love going cold turkey on crap. Suffer hard for a few days and then done.

 

[jacknap]

5 day water fast off everything

lol you love fasting eh

5 day water fast need much rebuilding? IE can I left the way I lifted or do I lose consideraable strength and could injure myself? might be down to do a 5 day water

 

[jacknap]

I think phenibut though cold turkey could be dangerous like seizures and stuff so I'd probably taper to be safe

 

[MNK99]

im going thru serious hardcore psychological withdrawals rite now from psyche stims
jk its fine, i wasnt shooting nor smoking them.

 

[bruschi11]

lol you love fasting eh

5 day water fast need much rebuilding? IE can I left the way I lifted or do I lose consideraable strength and could injure myself? might be down to do a 5 day water

Lol I’m dealing with an anal fissure currently post long fast. And I still love fasting with my whole heart haha they are so freakin strong.

26 day fast and I lost like nothing from my upper body. A 5 day fast you may need a couple days to refeed nicely but can just be so beneficial in long run.

 

[MNK99]

@bruschi11 my first long long water fast, I barely lost 20.5lb. Now I can lose like 4-8lb in one day. It's crazy. It's good because, a long fast and barely 20lb means, digestion, nutrition absorbtion and all that didn't work at all. Juice feasting like 18 days I think I lost 2-3lb if that at all, and after eating, it came rite back that was like 20mo ago tho. It could have actually been ZERO with juice feasting initially, that's how fkn toxic I was. Now if anything I'm too skinny which is fine by me. (mostly water, if losing 4+lb in a day or two, but I definitely do look more vascular and lean).