^ .5 Xanax should be fine. Years ago, I had the same experience as you with benzos - mostly for flying - and I would pretty much black out from it and sleep through the whole thing and the layovers...not sure how, but when I would get to my destination I couldn't remember for the life of me switching plans. Then I had a reallllly bad bout of anxiety that lasted a couple of weeks. I also got Xanax from a parent and would break it up into .5s - it worked perfectly. It made me a bit slow and fuzzy, but I could function.
Good luck!
- VE
Good luck!
- VE