As someone who took SSRIs for a while my plan w my doctor was always to use meds for support as I developed a toolkit to deal with my emotions without medicatio

As someone who took SSRIs for a while my plan w my doctor was always to use meds for support as I developed a toolkit to deal with my emotions without medication and then to re-evaluate periodically to see if the meds were still necessary. It took a few years, but eventually we weaned me off. I'm glad we did, now that my life is in a better place and I'm a bit more agile with my thinking I'm quite glad to be rid of all the gross side effects of the drug, but when I was having a rough time those side effects were well worth the stabilization the drug brought me.