Try not to be concerned about this and continue whatever is working for you for sleep. As your go through Gut Thrive and eliminate pathogens (they are more active at night, which raises stress hormones and prevents us from sleeping), you should naturally be able to lower your sleep med dose gradually and it will be an intuitive process. Our diet plan is also targeted to the adrenals and having 30g of protein within 1 hour of waking will have a great effect on sleep. There is also a Sleep Tips handout inside GT5 of other, more natural things you can try in your "step down" approach. Let's just take it step by step and see how your body responds.