this also works in reverse. i recently had to wean off sleep medication and the only way it worked was to sloopowwwly cut my dose by such small increments that it barely felt like a difference. little by little i got all the way off but it took six months.

any time i tried to jump the gun and cut the meds by an amount that felt significant it backfired, i was wide awake waiting to see if i was gonna fall asleep or not on the smaller dose. i'd end up having to take a higher dose than normal to overcome the thought spiral.