You also could ask about trying a low dose and going up as needed instead of just going to the dose they usually do.

I started it as a treatment for severe akathesia in the hospital and was on a ton of it even after the hospital dr lowered the dose to stop me from slurring my speech. I was really sensitive to it, to the point I sent my pdoc 2 emails. One read "saljd;faoisdya" and the other was written to someone else but was about my pdoc. Thankfully it wasn't anything bad. But still HIGHLY embarrassing. (It's unusual to be that sensitive). So we lowered my dose and I think took me off totally and then I realized it had been helping so we tried it the other way: I started on a sall amount and worked up until the side effects were too much (but no weight gain, just over-sedation and kind of operating under the influence of too much relaxation" and then we went to the dose that didn't cause that, which for me was 400 mg. It's not much but it does help with anxiety and has some effect on mood stability since if I don't take it I get more unstable. I don't pretend to understand but that's what works for me.