Reply #1: I think a lot of people don't need to be on anti-depressants forever [View All]

[Droopy]

But you should be careful about doing this.

I went off Wellbutrin and some other meds some time ago and didn't experience any problems for about four months. Then all of my symptoms seemed to gang up on me at once and I wound up in the hospital. I have an illness that causes psychosis, mania and depression. I think in my case it was more going off the mood stabilizer and anti-psychotic that got me.

Moniter your moods closely. If you start drinking again, you may be self medicating. If that happens then it's probably time to start with the anti-depressants again.

I don't know anything about coming off anti-depressants except that I think you are supposed to taper off the dosage of the drugs, gradually coming off them instead of quitting all at once.

I think a lot of people who use anti-depressants may just need them to get through a particularly rough period in their life. That may be the case with you and you may be cool without the meds. Just watch yourself closely.