Going off the SSRI's

Late last year I took the chance to taper off the SSRI's under medical supervision. I don't think there is any shame in needing antidepressants. They're medication: if you need them, you need them. But I also believe that one should strive to keep medication to a minimum, and I wanted to see if I could now do without. SSRI's have been good to me, but there were always one or two side effects that…