If you are seeking to get off meds for anxiety and depression, something that would be helpful for you to learn from your prescribing physician is what the withdrawal process would look like, not only the possible withdrawal symptoms you could have, but also how would your physician facilitate that withdrawal process for you specifically: what dose would they provide you and for how long, then what would the lower next dose be and for how long, and so forth.
Depending on how long you have been on the medication, the timing of these steps could be different for different people.
If you try to wean yourself off the medication while trying natural substances at the same time that you hope would replace your medication, the confusion that you may run into is that if you become symptomatic again, you may not know if you were experiencing a withdrawal symptom or if what you are doing naturally is just not enough. You want to be able to tell the difference between the two.
To conclude, learn what the weaning off process would look like for you and go from there.
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