Spacing out doses for maintenance?

[Mel]

standard dosing schedule is 2.5 for 4 weeks, 5 for 4, 7.5 for 4, 10 for 4, 12.5 for 4, then 15 until goal. some people respond fast and stay low. i never went above 10 until the last 10 pounds, then 15 for a month. took 18 months total to drop 90.

 

[Mix_Guy]

The 5mg every-other-week stretch for maintenance is documented - most people who try it find 10-12 days is the practical window before noise returns.

 

[Done]

Dose stretching is the standard maintenance move - most people land somewhere between 8 and 12 days and find they stay stable.

 

[goofy_basil]

The steady state approach - going in at lower doses to let levels accumulate gradually - is exactly right for avoiding the worst of the sides. The assumption that smaller peaks are less likely to cross the symptom threshold holds up in practice for most people.