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That makes total sense, I will learn as I go, and my body will let me know if im aiming too much too soon..thank you for your advice, I appreciate it so very much xx
I really do have the mindset now that it’s my time to put a plan in motion. So bring it on!! I’m almost out the other side of covid but I think itll be another few days before im properly back to feeling myself, so I plan to hit the ground running and give it my all. Having read Ruby’s post perhaps i need to figure out as i go how much i can taper. It will be a learning curve but its all part of the process eh xx
Omg that is just incredible! To achieve that in 8 weeks after 30 years is mindblowing! You must be so proud of yourself, what an achievement. This really gives me hope that one day I will get there too. Maggie and Rach are amazing, I have read every page of this thread and I know how much support and hope they have given many people.
Can I just ask is that how you dus ur, reducing by half a tablet at a time? And how long wud u stay on that dosage before reducing down again? I’m just wondering how i should do it. I was planning on cutting down from 24 a day to 20 and doing that for a week, then going to 18. But i wonder if that is the right way or is there a recommended method?
That’s such a fabulous idea treating yourself with the money saved, a real incentive! I’m definitely going to do that, u must have felt so proud when you accomplished those wins every week!
Now that i have vocalised my intentions, i just want to get started on the path to what i hope will be a new me. I have to do this, no more putting it off or burying my head in the sand.
I will keep myself accountable by coming back to this page whether it be good, bad, or ugly!
Thanks so much again for your encouraging words of advice and kindness. It honestly makes it a little less daunting❤
Hi Ruby
Thanks so much for your reply, I was curious to see if anybody had successfully tapered. Did it work well for you? I know the biggest challenge will be sticking to the amount i have set for the day. I think i will just bring the exact amount with me each day rather than having extra with me as obviously the temptation is to take them if they are in my handbag.
Where are you at in your journey?
Thanks again for your reply, everyone is so supportive xx
Hi RachBn
Thank you so much for your reply, I know your own journey has been inspirational and you have helped so many people. Thank you for the valuable advice, i will definitely do all those things. Will try anything that helps! It did occur to me as i am isolating that i cud attempt cold turkey but as covid is playing havoc with my body at the moment I don’t think i cud cope with withdrawal also!
Feeling determined to make this work for once and for all. I am so sick of wasting money on N+ not to mention the damage to my health. I know tapering will take longer but I feel its best approach for me to have a good chance of success.
Thank you so much again, it honestly means the world being able to thrash all this out xx
Hi everyone
I am new here, have been reading through this thread while isolating with covid. It is such a relief to finally stumble upon a group of people who “get it”. A bit about me, I started taking nurofen plus probably about 20 years ago now for period pains but never got to a point of taking them regularly until maybe 8 to 10 years. Again, nothing too bad maybe 4 a day but as we all know it creeps up on you and over the course of the last year its gotten to a packet of 24 a day, sometimes 30. I really feel like its gotten such a grip on me and i want more than anything to eventually get them out of my life. Back in February i went to Spain for a week and ran out of pills by day 4. The last 3days were horrendous as I went into withdrawal, i had the sweats, chills, headaches and the rest, oh the insomnia. It was an absolute nightmare. It really showed me this is bad and i need to deal with it. I want to do the taper method as i don’t think i have the mental strength to do cold turkey. I know lots of you have done it and you are all amazing. So my plan starting tomorrow is to cut down to 20. I feel like writing it down makes me accountable, may sound silly but literally nobody in my life knows about this and I could never bring myself to tell them either.
Sorry for the long rambling post. I am just so happy i stumbled on this post as it gives me hope that one day ill be writing my own success story