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Chapter Eight
Graph Your Success
It will greatly help you track your progress and allow you to
look back at how far you have come by using a graph for each symptom you are
rating each day.
Below, you
will see an example of how to fill in the graph. The next page is a blank graph
for you to copy or recreate on your own.
Pre-Taper / Taper (Circle one) Day # _____, Step # _____
This type of
daily trend is normal during the beginning of the pre-taper. If you have already
quit taking the medication and are suffering from withdrawal side effects, make
sure you use these graphs. I understand that you need hope, and you being able
to see for yourself may very well be that hope that allows you to continue and
make it back.
Once you have graphed each day and symptom for a period of time, you will be
able to see a long-term trend. You can place each graph side-by-side to easily
see how you have rated yourself for several weeks and what your trend is for
each symptom.
Daily Graph
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