I've had a positive development. I returned to my former GP who moved to a clinic that is further away. She is willing to prescribe the 10 mg given all the work I'm doing around getting better sleep and reducing the Ambien. She also noted that although the FDA recommends 5 mg, "We get recommendations all the time but we need to look at them in terms of the needs of individual patients." I'll be going to her as my primary doctor now. I'm following a plan to reduce the dose gradually, that I did several months ago with a cognitive behavioral psychologist.