I suffer with anxiety. I take a tiny dose of med to help, if necessary.

The slow reduction sounds reasonable. My experience was that just knowing I had the med and could take it, helped a lot. But, I never took the med regularly. I found talk therapy very helpful. I am now able to recognize anxiety episodes and talk myself into management of symptoms. I feel more in control. Some people manage with meds and that’s fine. I want to avoid that, if possible, but will take them if I need to.