You’ve done a great job reducing your dose. Yes, I’d go very slowly at this last phase.

Sounds to me like you’re on track here for someone that took Xanax at a high dose for 17 years. I did the same thing as you’re doing and paused my taper at times. I was in the thick of my taper all during the pandemic UGH! My sister passed away, my dog died, my son’s house burnt down, just to mention a few. The worst things happened while I was tapering! I have an extremely understanding doctor who was all on board and very patiently allowed me to taper completely down to a minute .1 mg of liquid Valium over about a five year period. The dropper lets you draw up tiny amounts of the liquid. It may sound ridiculous but this was absolutely the way I had to taper. I could not have gone any faster. My only advice, as you seem to be doing well, is to taper at your own pace, never go up in dose, and do whatever you need to do to stay as calm as possible. This worked for me, took a long time, but when all was said and done I’ve gotten this monkey off my back for which I’m eternally grateful. BTW I’m 72 years old. One more thing. I found taking Propanolol, a beta blocker, in a really low dose extremely helpful in the last few years of my taper. It was a Godsend. Please let me know how you’re doing. You can message me or let me know here. God Bless, you’re going to be okay, I promise.