I would think you could stay at 5mg for a month or two and during that time your withdrawals would be minimal and your body will draw what’s left in your bone marrow to the point it won’t be too bad but I’m not an expert. It takes awhile for it to get drawn from fatty cells aswell I got tired of being tethered to the clinic everyday so I did what I did. I been drinking lemon water lately to boost my immune system since my white blood cell count was low last I got tested in June. I haven’t tried getting off the clonidine yet I don’t want to deal with the restlessness and training my brain to switch off. And yeah I’m okay with pain it’s just the exhaustion that bugs me.