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Water Titration Method

Why use the Water Titration Method?

Water titration can be particularly helpful if your doctor will not switch you over to Valium, you cannot tolerate Valium or you would rather taper directly off of your current benzo. Titration is simply mixing your pill with water. This allows you to slowly reduce your intake daily, instead of depending on the dry cutting of pills. With water titration, you obtain smaller more accurate daily cuts and have complete control over the speed of your taper.

You may use the method of water titration outlined in this message (Method One), or use the attached spreadsheet to help you keep track of your tapering plan (Method Two).

Supplies You Will Need:

1. Large Graduated Cylinder (250 ml and/or 100 ml) click here

2. Baby Medicine Dropper/Syringe - Available for free at most pharmacy counters (5 or 10 ml)

3. Mini Blender click here

4.Mortar and Pestle (or a bowl and the back of a spoon) click here

5.Notebook and Pencil (or the attached spreadsheet) click here

Method One:

Calculating the water is very easy. Once you understand that each ml of water that is mixed with the crushed/dissolved benzo will represent one day of cutting (titrating), the process will sink in.

For instance, if you thought you could get off your benzo in 120 days, you'd use 120 mls. of water.

On day one of your taper, you will remove 1 ml of "drug water". On day two, you will remove 2 ml of water and so on.

Record your progress in your notebook.

Method Two:

Use the attached spreadsheet to determine your rate of taper. Try not to exceed 10% reductions each 14 days; however, your body is the best gauge on how fast you can taper and you may find that you will need to stay at the same level (holding) until any symptoms leave you. You may find that you can go faster. "See below on directions in using the spreadsheet."

Preparing Your Dose (you may use water or milk)

1. Measure pre-determined water using the large cylinder.

2. Pour some of the measured water into the mortar and pestle and add your pill. Ensure
that you use the pestle to make sure the pill is completely dissolved

3. Pour mixture into mini blender

4. Use a bit of the measured water to rinse the mortal and pestle for any lingering residue,
and pour this into the blender.

5. Pour any remaining measured water into the mini blender.

6. Mix your "drug water" for a minimum of 30 seconds.

7. Remove the scheduled amount of water (example 1ml if it is your 1st
day) from the mini blender. At first with the medicine syringe - later with a graduated
cylinder.

8. Discard the removed water into a sink, and drink the remaining mixture.

9. Add additional water to the mini-blender to remove any residual medicine. Drink this
additional water.

10. Clean and carefully store equipment.

Here's the instructions for the spreadsheet:

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Water Titration Spreadsheet Instructions click here

Requirements:

1. Microsoft Excel
2. Basic understanding of spreadsheets

Instructions:

1. You will only have to enter data in the upper left-hand corner of the spreadsheet
2. Click on the tab for the first sheet of the spreadsheet (Schedule 1)
3. Click the drop-down selector in cell C1 and select the benzo from which you will be tapering
4. Click inside cell C3 and enter the amount of benzo you are currently taking (in milligrams)
5. Click inside cell C4 and enter the amount of benzo you are currently taking (in milligrams)
6. Click inside cell C5 enter the starting date of your taper
7. Click inside cell C6 enter the dry amount of benzo you will be taking (the amount taken in pill form)
8. Click inside cell C7 and enter the amount of benzo you will be dissolving in water (titrating)
9. Click inside cell C8 and enter the amount of water (or milk) you will be using
10. In cell C9 indicate the amount of increase for your daily cuts (1 or 2 ml)
11. In cell C10 indicate "Yes" or "No" to display the dates in the bottom portion of the spreadsheet

You should now see the data in the lower portion of the spreadsheet populated. The spreadsheet will populate data for you that converts your benzo's equivalency to Valium.

Indicators and Guidelines

1. Review "% Daily Drop" (Column N) to ensure the drop doesn't go above 1%
2. Review "2 Week % Drop" (Column P) to ensure that the % drop doesn't go above 10%
3. Review "2 Week Valium mg Drop" (Column Q) to ensure it's approximately 1mg or less

These are conservative indicators to help you not taper too fast.

This will complete sheet one which represents your first dosage (or pill) titrated. You will notice subsequent sheets that are intended for additional titrated dosages (i.e., you are currently taking more than one pill per day).

You may now print out your schedule, or work with it from your computer (highlight days as you complete them).

Thanks to coasterer

Click here for visual illustration: http://benzowithdrawal.com/forum/index.php?action=tpmod;dl