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I was on the same .5 mg dose and when I mentioned the low dose to my doctor, he said, that is NOT a low dose. Maybe lower than most here as everyone seems to unknowingly become dependent on it and needs higher doses over time. And after just one month on .5mg it was screwing with my CNS in a major way. Now I suppose I am an anomaly perhaps but .5mg is probably the intended dosage from the manufacturer of this crap. And anyone on it for more than 2 weeks (which is what is recommended - same as proton pump inhibitors) becomes dependent on the meds. and never realize it. That's the reason why you need to do a long taper, its because without the long taper you really can get messed up. If your body wasn't dependent they wouldn't tell you that tapering was highly recommended.
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So what is the half life of clonazepam in the body? I think I read where it is 12 hours. So, tapering off does not need to be such long duration if you do some math on it. I rely on it for relief of my symptoms of general anxiety disorder (GAD). I was just in yesterday to see my PCP and I asked outright to recommend a replacement for the clonazepam 2 mg. There was no viable alternative on which the doctor was willing to spend time working out a program. Why? Because the 2 mg dose is so low, along with the risk of side effects. If a patient just wants to avoid a dependency for that purpose alone, I think that a marvelous objective.