I went through a phase in my life a few years ago where I tried most antidepressants available in my European country. All were prescribed to me at varying dose

I went through a phase in my life a few years ago where I tried most antidepressants available in my European country. All were prescribed to me at varying doses by a psychiatrist working in our public health system. Almost every single antidepressant gave me withdrawal symptoms (extremely intense mood swings and brain zaps) when I tried decreasing the dose. I mentioned this to my psychiatrist, who advised me to split the pills in order to slowly decrease the dosage. Even splitting the pills and taking a quarter of a pill less every 2 weeks was giving me withdrawal symptoms. I resorted to carefully dissolving the medication in water and volumetrically dosing to get the right rate of tapering off. This scenario happened to me with both Sertraline and Fluoxetine. The "newer" antidepressants like Escitalopram and Vortioxetine gave me less withdrawal symptoms, but they also had more severe side-effects whilst on the medication. Obviously this is all anecdotal, but my hope is that doctors would put greater emphasis on the possible adverse effects of antidepressants to patients. No other class of medication has been so... rough? for me. Glad to be medication-free now.