Thanks Chippy. I'm feeling good with the hold and I'm going to have a great time. Marie.

12 minutes ago, Marie said:

I'm going to have a great time. Marie.

Good 😊 

Hello everyone. I'm back from my trip and feeling pretty good. Had a great time but left exhausted and over-stimulated for sure. It did not help that my noon flight home changed to a red eye at 1 AM. I was about to drop so we got another night at the hotel. We just had dinner there and then laid down to rest for some hours before we left to the airport. It was extremely crowded the last day and casino smoke was getting to me. I missed the last night dose. I felt so bad I did not want to chance it with the mirt. I did not notice the missing dose which is great.

I am now down to .12 mg mirt and soon to be at .1 mg. I am just going to try and take it easy the rest of the next two months as I finish the taper. Keep going, it gets better. Marie.

Glad the trip went well. I hate it when flights are delayed, happened to me coming back from New York once. Exhausted by the time the plane took off. Was in a daze once I landed back in Heathrow.

Sorry you missed your dose, good you didn’t notice!

You are getting so close now, great to see, I like your plan, take it easy, you’ve worked so hard to get here, don’t jump too soon and regret it.

Hi everyone. I am going to go down to .1 mg tonight 4/27/2026. Sleep is good since I fall asleep right away, wake up once, and can go back to sleep. I have some mood swings as emotions are coming back on line. It's fine though. Five more cuts left. Be well. Marie.

27 minutes ago, Marie said:

Hi everyone. I am going to go down to .1 mg tonight 4/27/2026. Sleep is good since I fall asleep right away, wake up once, and can go back to sleep. I have some mood swings as emotions are coming back on line. It's fine though. Five more cuts left. Be well. Marie.

Hey @Marie thanks for the positive update.

Returning emotions are a great sign and though can be hard to contain at first you seems to handle it great, well done.

Good luck with the cut, fingers crossed it continues that well.

Thanks for stopping by Full Healing. Yeah, it's so weird watching these emotions bounce back and forth like confusion, happy, sad, angry, indifference. It's a bit of a rollercoaster. I just kind of just have to wait each of them out. It's so crazy. I think I am going to laugh about it each time and move on. Marie.

I am going down to .8 mg tonight, 5/7/2026. I am very stable lately. I had some very stressful news recently. I am moving forward anyways since this will not be going away anytime soon. It's family stuff. It will be a big distraction for me so that's good. I wish everyone a Happy Mothers Day. Be well. Marie.

6 hours ago, Marie said:

I am going down to .8 mg tonight, 5/7/2026. I am very stable lately. I had some very stressful news recently. I am moving forward anyways since this will not be going away anytime soon. It's family stuff. It will be a big distraction for me so that's good. I wish everyone a Happy Mothers Day. Be well. Marie.

Lovely to hear @Marie may the reduction goes well and stable as possible.

Hope your family issues get settled.

All the best, stay good.

9 hours ago, Marie said:

I am going down to .8 mg tonight, 5/7/2026. I am very stable lately. I had some very stressful news recently. I am moving forward anyways since this will not be going away anytime soon. It's family stuff. It will be a big distraction for me so that's good. I wish everyone a Happy Mothers Day. Be well. Marie.

Hey Marie, glad you are nice and stable atm. That is good.

Just a word of caution though, you seemed to be tapering a bit quickly now, I know you are listening to your body, but WD can be delayed in onset, and I see those who jump too soon or two fast, end up with WD once they hit zero. Im sure this won't be you, but I wanted to say, as I care.

I hope your family issues are resolved soon, always a tough one that,

Chippy xxx

3 hours ago, Chippy said:

Hey Marie, glad you are nice and stable atm. That is good.

Just a word of caution though, you seemed to be tapering a bit quickly now, I know you are listening to your body, but WD can be delayed in onset, and I see those who jump too soon or two fast, end up with WD once they hit zero. Im sure this won't be you, but I wanted to say, as I care.

I hope your family issues are resolved soon, always a tough one that,

Chippy xxx

Thanks for stopping by Chippy. The family situation is serious and unfortunately it's going to go on for a very long time. It was quite shocking when I found out. I have to keep it close, only family can talk about it, really serious. There can be a positive outcome from it though. I am a tough girl and I know how to make spaces for peace and calm for myself. I will be okay. It is though affecting my sleep. I am having a barbecue for Mother's Day and going out for my favorite dessert and coffee. Happy day. My roses are about to bloom. I love distractions.

As far as jumping off and crashing, I have a plan for this. You know how I say I'm getting off in May, June, etc. I believe when I get to about .04 mg I will have a very long hold. Maybe I will have the patience to hold 2 months. This will give me time to see if any w/d catches up. I got burned big time by dropping off trazodone at .4 mg and it hit me hard after 6 weeks. Had to reinstate and learned my lesson. Mirt is much stronger than trazodone. I will be careful since I'm positive these cuts cascade. Thank you.

5 hours ago, Fullhealing said:

Lovely to hear @Marie may the reduction goes well and stable as possible.

Hope your family issues get settled.

All the best, stay good.

Thank you Fullhealing for the nice message. I am hoping for a positive outcome. Be well. Marie.

10 minutes ago, Marie said:

Thanks for stopping by Chippy. The family situation is serious and unfortunately it's going to go on for a very long time. It was quite shocking when I found out. I have to keep it close, only family can talk about it, really serious. There can be a positive outcome from it though. I am a tough girl and I know how to make spaces for peace and calm for myself. I will be okay. It is though affecting my sleep. I am having a barbecue for Mother's Day and going out for my favorite dessert and coffee. Happy day. My roses are about to bloom. I love distractions.

Im very sorry to read this. It sounds very serious indeed.

I’m glad you have the right mind set to deal with it. Sounds like you know how to enjoy the important things in life.

10 minutes ago, Marie said:

As far as jumping off and crashing, I have a plan for this. You know how I say I'm getting off in May, June, etc. I believe when I get to about .04 mg I will have a very long hold. Maybe I will have the patience to hold 2 months. This will give me time to see if any w/d catches up. I got burned big time by dropping off trazodone at .4 mg and it hit me hard after 6 weeks. Had to reinstate and learned my lesson. Mirt is much stronger than trazodone. I will be careful since I'm positive these cuts cascade. Thank you.

It’s good you know to be cautious. Mirt is an awful drug. If your sleep is an issue atm I’d be careful. Mirt sleep issues are renowned. I like your plan to not get off that high and have a good hold. I’d aim for 0.01mg. Maybe even lower before zero.

Wishing you well. You sound like you have a lot on your plate atm.

Hello. Dealing with a bad cold lately. Since I'm feeling like crap anyways, I think I will make a tiny cut .02 to get me to .06 mg mirt. I am dog sitting family member's 100 pound dog. It was fun giving her a bath outside especially because she never had one besides the groomer. She smells nice now. Be well. Marie.

Hello. I'm down to .06 mg mirt tonight. It's hardly a drop in my syringe. I think it's time to dilute the liquid. Anyone know how I should do it? It's a bit confusing to me. I want to start on my next dose, .04 mg mirt. I have 7.5 mg pills. Marie.

3 hours ago, Marie said:

Hello. I'm down to .06 mg mirt tonight. It's hardly a drop in my syringe. I think it's time to dilute the liquid. Anyone know how I should do it? It's a bit confusing to me. I want to start on my next dose, .04 mg mirt. I have 7.5 mg pills. Marie.

Hi Marie

No problems. Lots of options here.

How do you currently prepare your dose?

Hi Chippy. I put a 7.5 mg pill in a container.

I use oral syringes (1 ml syringe, 5 ml syringe) to put in 3.75 mls of water. I let it sit for 15 minutes and shake it up.

I then add 3.75 mls of maple syrup,

I shake it up and draw out my dose using the 1 ml syringe.

Every tick (line) on the 1 ml syringe is .02 ml.

My dose now is .06 mg, so I draw out .06 ml with the 1 ml syringe.

16 minutes ago, Marie said:

Hi Chippy. I put a 7.5 mg pill in a container.

I use oral syringes (1 ml syringe, 5 ml syringe) to put in 3.75 mls of water. I let it sit for 15 minutes and shake it up.

I then add 3.75 mls of maple syrup,

I shake it up and draw out my dose using the 1 ml syringe.

Every tick (line) on the 1 ml syringe is .02 ml.

My dose now is .06 mg, so I draw out .06 ml with the 1 ml syringe.

Perfect. So you make a 1:1 solution but a 50/50 ratio water to maple syrup.

All you need to do is use a bigger ratio. How big is up to you. You can double it or treble it or quadruple if you want! Depends on how fine a control you want on your syringe.

You then just multiply the dose by that amount to get the correct liquid to take in ml.

So if you did 4 times. You would do 15ml water, 15ml maple syrup to make 30ml liquid (4 times). Then to take your current dose of 0.06mgai you would take 0.24ml of the liquid. Or for your new dose of 0.04mgai you would take 0.16ml.

😃

Thank you Chippy. This is very helpful. Marie.

8 hours ago, Marie said:

Thank you Chippy. This is very helpful. Marie.

Pleasure @Marie

Hello. So it's getting close now. I'm going to cut to .04 mg mirt in the next few days. It's a bit scary, the end of the taper.

I'll go to .02 and hang out there for a couple weeks, cut to .01, and I'm done. I guess I'll say a prayer for myself to be well and thrive. I am going to treat myself really good and have distractions galore. I've lost 60 pounds since my top weight polydrugged, so that's good. I'll be busy with trying to lose my final 20 lbs. I need to hit the weights more, go back on the treadmill, etc. Working in the garden hayfever is off the charts. Sleep is a bit off. Nothing is that big a deal. Be well. Marie.

1 hour ago, Marie said:

Hello. So it's getting close now. I'm going to cut to .04 mg mirt in the next few days. It's a bit scary, the end of the taper.

I'll go to .02 and hang out there for a couple weeks, cut to .01, and I'm done. I guess I'll say a prayer for myself to be well and thrive. I am going to treat myself really good and have distractions galore. I've lost 60 pounds since my top weight polydrugged, so that's good. I'll be busy with trying to lose my final 20 lbs. I need to hit the weights more, go back on the treadmill, etc. Working in the garden hayfever is off the charts. Sleep is a bit off. Nothing is that big a deal. Be well. Marie.

Hi @Marie I can only wish you the easiest road as possible crossing zero and congrats on losing so much weight, that must be a huge relief and such a welcome bonus.

Much luck! stay well.

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12 hours ago, Marie said:

Hello. So it's getting close now. I'm going to cut to .04 mg mirt in the next few days. It's a bit scary, the end of the taper.

I'll go to .02 and hang out there for a couple weeks, cut to .01, and I'm done. I guess I'll say a prayer for myself to be well and thrive. I am going to treat myself really good and have distractions galore. I've lost 60 pounds since my top weight polydrugged, so that's good. I'll be busy with trying to lose my final 20 lbs. I need to hit the weights more, go back on the treadmill, etc. Working in the garden hayfever is off the charts. Sleep is a bit off. Nothing is that big a deal. Be well. Marie.

Hey Marie, well done for keeping the taper going to 0.01mg, I think this is very wise. I wish you well with the final leg of your journey to zero, don't rush it still, you will get there eventually. I look forward to you having a happy drug free life and reading your success story. xxx

Thanks you guys. To celebrate I am getting my sought after rose named Constance. In Latin it means perseverance. I just kept going no matter what. Be well. Marie.

6 minutes ago, Marie said:

To celebrate I am getting my sought after rose named Constance.

Perfect. Post a photo if you get a chance! 🌹