I really need to drop my # of tables as well for some sessions.
Typically I am 12 tabling 100nl 6max right now, and some 6table sessions would probably help me a lot...id say half is about where I start having a lot more time to think about decisions. If you go down to 2 you might get fancy play syndrome due to the lack of action from so few hands (aka what happens to me everytime i play live poker)