Hello honeybun, your doc could be mine as I was given them for just the reasons you state although mine are 5mg. I have tried taking them an hour before a dentist's appointment and they work well for that. My back also sometimes "goes" and if I take one at night, it relaxes me enough to pretty much sort me out before the next morning. I am still having anxiety issues around food so a week or so ago decided to "experiment" with taking half a tablet a day (or 2.5 mg) around 11am to see whether it calmed me down and stopped the dread feeling I get before meals, well I did this for 4 days and it did help a bit but I was still getting the odd throat thing I get (where my vocal chords go into spasm and block my airway, just for a nanosecond but unpleasant) so I stopped again. I am like you in that I don't want to get dependant on them and am scared of doing so. 5mg I find really calming but a bit heavy duty during the day as they do make me dozy but half a tablet is okay, it takes the edge off. I must be honest and say that if I was invited our for a meal, say, tomorrow night, I would take a half tablet about 30 minutes before leaving to just calm me down a bit (I hate eating out). I am due to see my GP again this week - I still have most of my packet left - and will discuss all the above as I am still not convinced that the eating/food/spasm thingy does not have a medical cause rather than just being anxiety. I will see what she says. In the meantime, I would carry on much as you are but just don't get into the habit of popping one in every day - keep them in reserve. But 2mg is a very low dose. Have your theanine tablets come and have you tried them yet?