Women who suffered with clinical depression, did you ever got off antidepressants and got cured? How? How is life now?

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   Ornery_Dot1397

   April 28, 2025

   Trigger warning

   I was diagnosed with depression at 13 years old and went on Prozac. It helped my chronic insomnia and stopped my suicidal ideation.

   Cue years of being on medication until about age 34. I realized I had been in 2 back to back toxic relationships so I started actively planning my exit from the current one (I had to plan and stash money due to the financial abuse I was facing). Left him and in the chaos I had stopped taking my meds. Once I got on my own, life was so much more under my control and I didn’t feel the depression so much. I also got a chance to try psychedelics (I’m not advocating for them, this is just my story) and they really helped me. I continue to microdose on occasion and have bigger trips every few months. I’m the happiest I’ve ever been in life probably due to having control over my own agenda and finding the medicine that works for me now.