Has anyone felt better after coming off antidepressants?

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I've been on ADs a long time. The same ones for many years then another kind more recently when I felt like they weren't working anymore. I thought I felt better for a while now I'm not so sure. I don't feel really depressed, just a bit down and irritable. I just think since I don't feel particularly great anyway and I've been on meds so long maybe I should try coming off them and just seeing how I feel. Is this a terrible idea? Has anyone done it and felt better? I know I'd have to do it gradually, I won't just stop taking them.

You sound quite sensible. A few years back I was on antidepressants, I persevered with them but they made me feel bad so they were changed. That happened a few times.

I certainly felt better off antidepressants! I wouldn't touch them again.

We're all different, what works for one is poison to another.

Ok thank you, that's good to know!