should I go c/t w/ ambien?

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I have been off Xanax for 30 days and have reduced ambien to 5mg a night- I cut it in half and take 1/2 before bed and the rest when I wake up 3-4 hrs later. I really want ot get off this tuff but am having w/d symptoms- but I read somewhere about toxic something or other and wonder if I should just quit c/t or half dose for a while? any suggestions?

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Do you have any kind of gut feeling about what would be best for you?  I know I waited several months after finishing my benzo taper before attempting to taper off Ambien and then I spent a couple of months working my way down slowly, 1/4 of a 10mg tablet at a time.  When I tried to go faster - or when I tried sooner after quitting lorazepam - I got into too much trouble with insomnia.  However, I was on benzos nearly 20 years so that may well have been why it was so tough for me.