In August I stopped taking the antidepressant that I’ve been on for over a decade. I’ve been on some form of antidepressant on and off for over 30 years and always viewed successful recovery as being well enough to discontinue the medication.

That mindset didn’t really work as I had recurrent episodes of major depression, usually bottoming out in crisis before returning to meds.

A lovely family medicine resident sat me down ten years ago and asked me to consider the antidepressants as a preventative measure against relapse.

That change of perspective worked for me a released me from the archaic belief that staying on them was a failure to take action to recover.

It’s been a good ten years. I wouldn’t say I’ve thrived necessarily but I stopped drowning. I don’t think thriving is realistic, I’m just not that person and I accept that.

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