I had withdrawal effects when I went from 60/day to 20/day in a little over a month. Then, I discovered the bead counting method, after my doctor prescribed going down to 20 mg every other day. So, instead, with my doctor's consent (but not advisement), I am bead counting instead of doing the 20 every other day. Today, I am at 20 mg minus 45 beads.
Questions:
- How many beads are there in a 20 mg capsule?
- If things seem to be getting better, as far as withdrawal effects, can I go down 10 beads/day?
I had a terrible migraine yesterday, but it was the first since I was in the hospital and they were messing with my other meds (got home Sept 19). Is migraine a withdrawal symptom? I do have problems with them, but yesterday was worse than ones I've had recently. I've also weaned of topomax which was supposed to help my migraines, so I don't know if that's why.
Anyway, thanks for your support. I'm glad I found this site.