I am tapering for 2 years but now it's 1 year since I did major decissions not to ever use memantine, no other opioids than dihydrocodeine SR, oxy SR, tramadol oral solution 100mg/1ml or classic 37,5mg/325 tramadol + paracetamol. Nothing else. I also quit smoking weed which was only making me tired and it dulled everything. From stinulants only caffeine and modafinil. Maybe sometimes ( when i am offered once in a blue moon ) I will do a line of meth but it's not my addiction. And benzos, well...I had many wd seizures and once it happened during my sleep and caused double fracture of my arm. And the last one was the most scary one because I seized and my parents saw like i hit the floor, i was not breathing and my heart was not beating for a maybe a few seconds than i suddenly took a massively deep breath and ...was conscies...diazepam helped me with tapering and when I use alprazolam i also take doses spred throug the day just to feel ok ( 0,5 mg mostly ) and sometimes 1 mg. My only way to sleep is to take promethazine 50mg and 15mg mirtazapine which i decided will not - maybe 25mg promethazine and cinolazepam. Mirtazapine is instant sleep drug and it can be good sedative antidepressant but it makes you fat even when u don't eat that much.
I take magnesium, prescribed liguid preparation of vitD, zinc, iron, C, K2, b6 - piridoxine. Magnesium with b6 really keep that gaba system less disrupted. I could take 10mg xanax but I don't have any reason to do it. I will not do much more than if i took 2 and i haven't took 2mg for a while now..