Fighting for freedom

I’m new here, hoping to connect with others trying to gain their freedom from mind-numbing drugs. The reason I chose my call name here is because for 35 years doctors have been content to keep prescribing me antidepressants without trying to help the root cause. They had me enslaved to their drugs, telling me my brain needed the serotonin boost. I told my doctor I wanted to go on a lower dose of the latest drug, Cymbalta, because I didn’t like the side effects. His response—through a nurse, not even him personally—was to tell me not to do that and he renewed my prescription for the higher dose. So I tapered myself. He has been notified by my physician that I have tapered off all antidepressants and still has never contacted me. So … I am fighting this war alone for my freedom after 35 years, and if left up to the shrinks, another 35 years! And I’m doing great!