It depends why you're taking them. I'm prescribed 2mg as needed and I find that 1mg by itself doesn't work on extreme anxiety. But if I'm taking it for sleep (which I try not to do) I take 1mg. You should be careful about taking 2mg of Xanax everyday; it's usually prescribed as PRN. People who need to take benzos everyday seem to use clonapine at a low dose instead.