Hey jinnyann,

I have to admit I'm a little dubious about a place that tells you to up & stop taking your meds like that. Reminds me a little too much of stories I've read about cults (disguised as therapy) where they insist people stop taking meds and then that they disconnect from their families etc. etc. all in the search of some kind of therapeutic benefit or enlightenment. And I'm sure the place you go is nothing crazy like that, but I'd be wary of such specific black & white rules/suggestions. Lots of people clearly benefit from using medications, and suggesting that they can't be "real" or something like that without them seems like a "blame the patient" strategy to me, or like someone's attempt to force their own preferences onto other people. They ought to be better therapists.

I do think sometimes medications can be used as escapism (akin to the way alcohol is used), but if you started thinking that the medicines were just a crutch, then that would be something to discuss with the person prescribing them and not someone with a wholly different bias. For some people medications are just necessary to live a fuller life, and the decision to drop them shouldn't be taken lightly.

That's just my opinion.

Sidony