Tapering off fin, instead of cold turkey
Hello folks.
I decided to quit fin about 2 weeks ago after taking it for 15 months. I started feeling side effects in the past 3 months, all the common stuff. I would have quit sooner but I rationalized that my sides were just a fluke for a little bit.
When I decided to quit, I decided to do a hard taper, meaning I started taking 1mg every other day for 5 days, than every 3rd day for the following 5 days. I felt a pretty harsh crash 3 days ago. Zero libido, depression, fatigue, difficulty concentrating.
I attribute this to the reckless hard taper I did. I imagine my crash would have been harsher if I quit cold turkey.
I am not back on fin at 0.25mg a day. I plan on staying on this for 3 weeks, then reducing it to .25mg every 2nd day for 2 weeks. then .25mg every 3rd day the following 2 weeks. then quit.
Has anyone had any experience with these slower taper routines? The horror stories I read on other sources scare me from quitting cold turkey. I dont yet know if what I feel is just temporary, and i'll be back to normal in 2 weeks cold turkey, or if I am in for a longer battle caused by PFS.
I have started the TotalMaleOptimization protocol. I am now eating pure paleo for 3 days, I will begine a juice fast in a couple of days, and then incorporate the rest of the components.
I would love some input, particularly about the value in tapering, WHILE starting the TotalMaleOptimization system.
This sucks, I am scared, i feel OK now, and actually had a good day, but I know shit will get hard sooner or later as I distance myself from this fucking poisonous drug.
Tapering off fin, instead of cold turkey
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Originally Posted by
basementdweller
One theory is that the flood of natural steroids rushing back into the system is what causes the post fin crash. Tapering could soften that, who knows.
Except many people don't actually crash and many people also just get hit with sides while they're still taking the drug. I never had a crash but was thoroughly fucked up all the same.
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