What my psychiatrist did in the beginning because
of the
side effects was to have me divide the dose into two, once
in the morning, once at dinner time, and that helped. I was also on clonazepam, and the dose was halved -- fortunately I didn't suffer a withdrawal, which could have happened. It never stopped giving me obsessive thoughts or sedation, but I was very active and a meditator, so I got used to it.