I think everyone's experience regarding going off meds is going to be very, very different from one another. I guess you have to ask yourself: why did you go on meds in the first place and why have you continued taking them? What made you decide they were the right choice for you? And why do you want to go off them now? Is there any medical reason for going off them? Do the meds negatively affect your quality of life to the point the cons outweigh the pros? Questions like that.

I have had some bad meds myself, so I 100% understand why some people dislike their meds, and why they want to go off them.

But as far as coping mechanisms go, I think you need to be able to identify *what* symptoms your meds are controlling so that you can come up with a game plan for handling those symptoms when they inevitably resurface.