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@happytoseeyou don’t be scared! Doesn’t sound like you’ve been on it for that long? I was on it for nine months and went from 1.5 mg down to .5 mg in about a month. Hardly even noticed the First few tapers. By the time I got to .5 it was really easy to go to .375 for about a week and then to .25 and then I was done I did have a little rebound anxiety and insomnia, but not too terrible and my doctor prescribed doxepin to help me sleep, which didn’t work that well so then he prescribed Ambien. I’ve also taken trazodone & Hydroxyzine neither one of which worked for me.

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Thanks so much for the encouragement! Glad your taper went well, hoping for same and happy to say last night I started taper and it was smooth sailing. So grateful for that but I'm still scared about the whole thing, but less so with your input. Ambien didn't work for me; hope it's helping you get good zzzz's.