When I tried to stop the clonazepam, it went really badly. I had a Major Depressive Episode and had a seizure along the way. I want to tell you that yes, the slower the better!! As long as you have access to a doctor that's giving you the drug, work your way down as slowly as possible. I know that feeling that you want off all of it and you wan to do it NOW. Please, take one drug at a time. Don't try to stop smoking weed while you're weaning from the benzo. Withdrawal from marijuana can also be a tough experience and you definitely don't want both going on at the same time. I'm glad you see that drug free is the way to go, barring some pressing psychiatric diagnosis. The SSRI's are also hard to stop and need the same amount of care weaning off. When it's medicine that isn't ordinarily abused, they just call it Discontinuance Syndrome. One of my favorite euphemisms.