My doctor never mentioned that it could be addictive until I had been taking it for a long time. I did take it regularly before bed, way back around 2005-2006. It is best to start at just 1mg and go up to 2 and then 3 if the lower dose does not I take lorazepam occasionally now, 1mg. It is not recommended that you take more than 3mg because more than that tends to cause nightmares. If you are having a problem and you are taking it primarily for sleep maybe you should try melatonin. Have you spoken to your doctor about it? He/she maybe be able to give you some guidance if you are having a problem. I guess some of us get addicted to these things more easily than others but I have taken a number of different prescriptions over time that are said to be addictive yet never had a problem when I stopped. 5, but I think at that dose it may not be too difficult, especially if you try as you mention, taking just a half pill. I don't remember if it was 1mg or.5mg, probably. When she mentioned that, I stopped taking it and I actually had no problem with it except that I was back at ground zero and having anxiety interfering with my sleep - I was going through a very difficult time.
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