About the length of symptoms: I was on for 1.5 years the first time and had to wean myself off over a period of about 4 months. I had only taken 150mg daily at that point. About a year later, I went back on and went up to 225mg daily. The withdrawl from that took several months as well, but was also complicated by coming off of clonazepam at the same time. I feel somewhat normal now, but not like I\'m back 100%. I have been off for a little over a year now. Eli