Choose a medication, set how much you cut each step, and watch the taper come down — with smaller and smaller milligram cuts as the dose drops.
Choose a medication
Your taper
Each step lowers the dose by 10% of the dose before it — smaller and smaller milligram cuts as you go down. That’s 35 steps down to 2.5 mg — see the last stretch to zero below.
Coming down · Zoloft● Dose (mg)
taper step — current dose (left) down to goal (right)
Each step is a proportional cut, so the milligram reductions get smaller as the dose comes down.
Schedule
✏️ This schedule is yours to edit. Tap any dose in the table and type a new number — say your prescriber wants a specific step. Every step below it recalculates automatically to keep your cuts proportional.
The smallest doses have a surprisingly large effect in the body, so the final steps should get smaller, not bigger — going straight from 2.5 mg to nothing would be the largest step of the whole taper. The end tends to go best slowly, in ever-finer steps.
Below the smallest tablet. Going lower usually means dropping under the smallest pill — liquid versions, pharmacy-compounded doses, tapering strips, or counting capsule beads keep the steps gradual. A prescriber or pharmacist can arrange these.
No rush, and back is an option. If symptoms flare, it’s common to hold at your current dose, take a smaller next step, or step back up to the last dose that felt okay. There’s no fixed finish line.
Illustrative, for education only. Not medical advice. This tool reflects a dose schedule you choose; it never tells you when to change your dose. Review every change with your prescriber.
Make it your own taper
Sign in and the planner starts from the medications and doses you’ve logged — and tracks each step against how you actually feel.
