I want to cut my 0.75 mg Xanax to 0.5 mg. Because between there is my line where I stop being creative. Anxiety wise I could get by like during normal conditions on 0.5 mg if allowed emergency med. Right now I'm allowed emergency med up to 1 mg in all. Which works. So I'd like my emerg dosage to stay the same.

At the same time I'm not sure how to fix the dependence issue. I have been on Xanax 15 years. And for 10 of these, I was not dependent, hard to believe, but true. It snuck up on me the last 5 years or so. I don't know how the heck to taper, it all makes me confused.

I also wish I had a better grasp on my sleep because it would be easier to drop dosage slowly if I was allowed a better sleep med. But right now my doc says sleep is "not important". I also lack suggestions on what sleep med to try, since I tried a lot. She wants me on Seroquel, but I have terrible reactions to all meds in that class.