I don't know, would you say to someone with normal levels of serotonin and dopamine, I'm going to short you of these neurotransmitters? Because for my condition, without medication, that's what would happen. When I am at my healthiest, the medication has stabilized their production. That's the medicine working. Going off them would be counterproductive. Am I drinking the cool-aid? For my condition, no. For depression, I think research shows ADs may not actually work. But that's not my class of drugs. My doc steers clear of benzos. I choose not to take opiates for an unrelated back problem. I do fear addictive drugs, so it's not like I'm a pharma girl. For sure I hope you have a health and wellness team to monitor you during your transition, bc if you're in this topic group, what you think may be clear as day, may actually be quite distorted.

Are you keeping a physical journal? My handwriting is a HUGE give away that things are going south. It gets big and unruly.