Minimized is relative. The doctor doesn't know how any one person may respond to the drugs. And there's no good treatment for benzo withdrawal. Opiate withdrawal, clonidine is great. Alcohol withdrawal, benzos are great. Benzo withdrawal is in my mind the absolute worst withdrawal and there's fuck all that can be done for it.
So could major. People are different, what might be nothing for one person could be hell for another person.
You don't know this! You absolutely don't know this. Pegasus was taking miniscule amounts of Xanax for about a month and got addicted. Lorazepam and alprazolam are either equipotent or very close to it. I believe he was only taking 0.25 mg a day. That's all it took.
Where the fuck do you people get all these random statistics? People. Are. Different. I got addicted to heroin WAY before 1 month, NOT using it everyday. I got addicted to benzos in a week, also not using everyday. And I got addicted to Suboxone in a few weeks, also not using every day.
Here's the deal, dude: no one can tell you how fast you'll get addicted. Seriously, no one knows. Everyone's metabolism is different, and some people are just more susceptible to getting addicted, whether it be due to environmental effects or genes or whatever. OP: I wouldn't even mess with them if I was you. I'd quit them now. If you go through benzo withdrawal, you'll be begging to go back to Suboxone withdrawal, as you'll find out how pleasant Suboxone withdrawal is in comparison.