The Beginners Guide to Tapering
The general rule for tapering is to cut no more than 10% of your current dose every 2 - 3 weeks. So if you were taking 2mg of a benzo you would want to makes cuts of .2mg or less. Once your current daily dose gets to 1mg your cuts should be .1mg or less. It can be very hard with some of the more potent benzos to achieve cuts this small if you are dry cutting.
Here are some options that others have found doable that you may like to investigate and discuss with your doctor.
The first is using a Valium crossover and taper. The Valium crossover and taper is a tried and tested protocol for getting off benzos. Valium has the advantage of having a very long half-life which makes for a smoother withdrawal and eliminates inter dose withdrawal that can be associated with the shorter half-life benzos and it comes in pills that are an ideal size for making the small cuts needed at the end of a taper. A details description of this methodology can be found in the Aston Manual. Even if the valium option doesn't appeal the information on withdrawal in the manual is excellent.
A second option is to use water titration to get you directly off the benzo you are on. Water titration is merely a method of mixing your pill with water to allow you to precisely measure your dose. Then you slowly reduce your dose every day, instead of cutting pills every two weeks. This method allows your body to adjust to the reductions in a very subtle and gentle way and allows you to have greater control over the rate of your taper. A detailed description of Water Titration can be found at either of the following sites
http://www.benzosupport.org/water_titration.htm
or
http://www.geocities.com/benzobuddy/watertitration.html
The PowerPoint displays will give you a good overview of the methodology and the other files will give you the detail.
For those on larger doses of benzo it may be possible to dry cut at the higher doses and then change to water titration at the lower doses.