@berekann Thanks so much and I'm on day 10 at .75mg, which was the first dose reduction from the 1mg I took for 5 weeks, and yes I was taking it an hour before bedtime and will continue taking at that time as I taper. I agree about never going backwards and want to be done with this asap! However, I had quite a rough time for a few days cutting from 1mg to .75mg, ( they say everyone is different and it's impossible to know how a person will do when tapering), so what if the withdrawl symptoms are unmanageable when I cut to .5mg? I'm thinking about doing so within the next day or 2 instead of staying at this dose for an entire second week, but am afraid because I believe it's a 33% cut from the .75mg that I'm at now as opposed to a 25% cut when I went from 1mg to .75mg. I know both are .25mg, but in my travels researching this, benzo tapering, how to do it safely, etc, I keep seeing that cuts should be 5 -10% to keep things safe and comfortable, little to no withdrawl symptoms. I know I haven't been on it for years, but have read about very bad outcomes, including severe and protracted withdrawls, with people that were also short term, and took a low dose if they made significant cuts in dose and also tapered too quickly. Hope this all makes sense, don't mean to sound negative at all, just want to stay healthy and safe, and I really had no idea this would be this way, and I wish I would have just used this med for a few days and then found another way so I wouldn't have to be doing this. Ok, sorry, that was long, and I appreciate all of your input!