Hello Eleny.

This is what I would consider.

Anxiety is about fear of what might happen. To overcome that fear, therapy/counselling helps us to face those fears. It is the only way to overcome a fear - is to take a risk. Usually we start with small steps.

I would stay on the medication for the time being. Once therapy and counselling starts, and have practiced some CBT and/or BCT (CBT in reverse for facing fears), I would then tell my doctor/psychiatrist about the therapy and ask to have my subscription dosage dropped down. Then see how that goes for the next three months together with you CBT practices. If all is good, then ask to drop dosage again, and so forth. Hopefully you will eventually overcome HA without medication.

It is not prudent to just stop medication without having some proven substitution for the condition treated, such as CBT that is working for you.

I hope CBT will work for you.