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I've gone down from 1.0 per day to 1.0 every 4 days. I've made a cut every time I'm due for s refill. The anxiety thst crescendos at the day is very real, but magnesium and melatonin an hour or so brings on sleepiness. I row mid-afternoon for exercise, again to help bring on fatigue. I try not to snack close to when I use the melatonin/magnesium so I dont retard their effectiveness. Shortly I will deop to just 2 per week down from 7 per week. Another way: down to about 8 per month from 30-32 per month. All above done in connection with provider on quarterly status appoinment so have feedback all along this schedule I chose. My goal is 0 with a total three month on hand supply of 5 tablets. I would like to get there by September of this year. This has been a very gradual process with some real fear of how well I could stick to the cuts, including fearing if I would ever get rid of the underlying anxiety. Quite simply I had reached my limit on how many pills I was willing to take a day so lorazepam is what I picked to ditch. Next on my list is Paroxetine, another long term project.