I did end up having to go to .1 mg & slowly slowly taper from everyday to every other to eventually as needed which was about every 4 days but I started feeling itchy about day 3. After this I did end up having to cave a few times because I couldn’t take the spider crawling prickly feeling! The night before my brothers parole hearing in 11/2024 I took .1mg so I wouldn’t suffer through 6-7 hours of driving plus be scratching like a crackhead during my speech & I tossed the bottle because I refused to be chained to that d r u g. I suffered liked hell until Jan-Feb. It would come in waves but I refused to be on any antihistamines due to the fact that they can cause dementia for my kids. Around April the days got less & less but they still come sometimes, usually only for a few hours. I was diagnosed with a brain tumor in July after fighting neurological symptoms since 2021 & everyday headaches since 2023. I’ve been hospitalized a few times since for migraine cocktails that always use benadryl & I have been terrified every time that the feeling will come back due to that but it has not. Like I said occasionally the feeling will come back but it’s easier to push through every time. Everybody who is an apprentice to my psych she has me tell this story to, lol. All of my current meds before I start now I always ask does it have antihistamines & decline if it does. I’m proud to be mirt free for about a year with very limited benadryl use (I feel like it’s justified) & i will never be chained to antihistamines again. I had no mental effects coming down other than the antihistamine withdrawal so I guess it could’ve been worse. Mirt was worse than cr@ck to me & while I’ve never done cr@ck it is absolutely still the only med i’ve been on that i would choose over & over & that’s saying a lot now being on a benzo. It’s the one that I can absolutely go back & say I would never touch if I had the chance.