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Stopping anti-depressants cold turkey after 10+ years - Advice?

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Stopping anti-depressants cold turkey after 10+ years - Advice? Background: F/32, I've been on anti-depressants for 10+ years, I have MDD and have treatment-resistant depression bc I've gone through 5+ meds that work for some time then poop out after a year or two, and I just finished TMS but haven't "seen" results yet. I've been on the maximum dose of Pristiq and Wellbutrin for 2.5 years at this point and I was really hoping this would be a good long-term med cocktail for me. Unfortunately, around \~6 months ago random waves of the big sads would start rolling in. I met with my doctor and we tried a few add ons, like Abilify (which made me manic), Vraylar (I liked but my insurance wouldn't cover the cost), and most recently Rixulti (which I was really bad about taking because it's a night time one and my ADHD makes it hard to remember to take the morning pills most days). Because the big sads keep dropping in on me, my doctor decides we should discontinue Pristiq + Wellbutrin and switch to Auvelity.…

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