Hi Sheri,
I did it very, very slowly. I reduced just 1 mg at a time and then waited six weeks or more before dropping another mg. My goal was to let my body think that nothing was changing! My doc wanted me to go down by 1/2 mg at a time but I wasn't able to successfully cut the tiny pills in half. So each time I was ready to go down by another mg I used the following schedule (using going down from 4 mg to 3 mg as an example):
Day 1: 3 mg
Day 2: 4 mg
Day 3: 4 mg
Day 4: 3 mg
Day 5: 4 mg
Day 6: 4 mg
Day 7: 3 mg
Day 8: 4 mg
Day 9: 3 mg
Day 10: 4 mg
Day 11: 3 mg
Day 12: 4 mg
Day 13: 3 mg
Day 14: 3 mg
Day 15: 4 mg
Day 16: 3 mg
Day 17: 3 mg
Day 18: 4 mg
Day 19: 3 mg
Day 20: 3 mg
Day 21: 4 mg
Day 22 onward: 3 mg
So it would take 3 weeks to slowly go down 1 mg. Then I'd carry on for about another 6 weeks, or even longer if my pain level was up at all. And then start the process over again. I never skipped doses so I don't know whether I would have felt shaky. I had been warned of serious side effects if I missed doses.
