starting anti-depressants again?

[MrsA111alone]

Hi,
I am wondering if anyone on here has come off of antidepressants and then after 9 months felt the need to go back on them?
I was on the tablets for a total of 19 months previously but thought I was feeling better so gradually reduced them and felt fine. Then my so called new happy life went disastrously wrong at the beginning of this year and now I am feeling the same, if not worse than I did when my doctor prescribed them to me. I am feeling so sad all of the time. I can only think about how bleak everything is now and will be in the future.
I am worried about going to the doctors about this as I don't know if I should try doing something instead. I do exercise and get plenty of fresh air but it does not remove the loneliness and despair I feel.
Any suggestions would be really welcome.

Hi
I've been on and off them for years. (Currently off them for the longest time I can remember, though with a few dips and struggles.

From what you say, you have every reason to be down. Ime that's not the same as feeling depressed, which is feeling down for no reason.

If you have had a really bleak, tough time, you will feel really low. Maybe a short spell on ADs would kick start you feeling better. Or maybe you need someone to help you come up with a plan to get yourself back on track. That could be a counsellor or it could just be you with a private journal or blog and some self help books, sorting out some goals and actions you can take to make life more what you want.

I'm not saying you don't need medication but you do have the right to feel very sad and low during harsh times in life. One thing I needed to teach myself after decades on ADs was that negative emotions are natural and part of life, provided they are connected to a genuine bad episode of your life. It's when everything's chugging along nicely and you feel dead inside that I get worried.

Thank you for your advice. You are right I will make an appointment and see what they say.