I too experienced a worsening of some MH symptoms of meds, which led to multiple SSRIs, mood stabilizers, AAPs, and benzos in varying combinations prescribed throughout most of my 20s. I can’t attribute it all to medications (experienced additional traumas in my 20s), and I did have positive benefit from meds at times too. My Dx is/was PTSD along with some generalized anxiety and depression at times. My most successful cocktail was Zoloft, lamictal, Klonopin/vistaril and trazodone.

With my pdocs support, I spent all of 2014 and part of 2015 tapering off lamictal, then Zoloft, then Klonopin. The Zoloft was the hardest and longest, and I had 3 failed attempts at tapering off a few years prior, due to going too fast (I.e at the rate suggested by the clinical literature... some people need to go much slower). My goal was to get off everything, but I couldn’t manage the trazodone because I work weird hours and don’t sleep naturally on my own, esp if I’m not naturally tired. I also did go back on prn klonopin a few months ago, hopefully temporarily, due to situational anxiety.

But overall, I am happier and functioning better off the daily meds than on. I don’t recommend it for everyone, and it took a lot of therapy as well. The point of my story is, if you decide that route, go very slow, have support of pdoc and tdoc, and make sure you have healthy coping skills.