I'm 18 years old. 

Day 9 off from clonazepam and i feel I'll recover really soon. My question was something different. Please i would appreciate your views on that 🙏 

8th January 2021

It was when I was tapering my Escitalopram 7.5 mg to 5 mg. I had a lot of brain fog, upset stomach, and anxiety issue. So i went to my doctor because i had my school exams soon and had to do something to get stable off the withdrawal symptoms. 

I went to my doctor on exactly

30th January 2021 - 

Where he prescribed me Etilaam 1.5 mg CR which is a similar - benzo drug not completely benzodiazepine like clonazepam, To soothe the withdrawal symptoms i had from Escitalopram. 

Now it's exactly 1 month i have been taking Etilaam 1.5 mg CR and i have tapered it down to half ( Etilaam 0.75 CR ) to maintain the tolerance.

My question was..

Should i taper off this new benzo - similar drug that the doctor prescribed first? Like after getting clean from the new drug, then taper off 3/4th of 5 mg of Escitalopram then 2/4th and then 1/4th? 

or

I should cut down my Escitalopram completely nil / 0 from 5 mg and increase my Etilaam to 1.5 mg or 2 mg till the withdrawal symptoms are gone off from Escitalopram?

PS. I personally don't want this new drug to continue for longer, so i was hoping if i could cut off the new drug first.

I would really really appreciate your opinions.

Just kinda discussing cuz my doctor said you'd rather continue Escitalopram 5 mg all life or Benzodiazepine where you gotta increase the dose, as low dose won't work later. 

I said nope, none.