Control exemplar quotes
| Aspects of control intervention | Exemplar quotes |
| Some spoke about the information being a potential trigger to start the tapering process and that ‘it made you think’: Some found the information about risks and possible side effects interesting or shocking. | ‘…to make you think about what you’re taking and why you’re taking it’. 08. ‘…I was never told about the constipation problems that it would cause and obviously you read about the side-effects in the little leaflets and then it’s put away!’ 20 ‘sleep apnoea… that was a bit scary.’ 23 |
| A few interviewees used the self-help booklet to start tapering. | ‘I just followed everything it was doing…I just came down off the pills…I’ve done more exercise…’ 15 |
| A few didn’t find it as useful. | ‘…in a way it’s assuming that you’re overweight and you don’t exercise!……it didn’t tell me what I could do if I wasn’t overweight…and I’m getting loads of exercise…… It doesn’t really tell you what you can do as an alternative…’ 28 |