Hello @Eden1919 coming off meds can be quite traumatic, there can be withdrawal symptoms and a much worsening of your condition, particularly if you have been on them for a long time, one med I came off took 12 months of tapering due to withdrawal symptons though I think technically they call it discontinuation syndrome, I think it would depend on your diagnosis and its severity as to if using natural remedies may be able to take over, I have tried many natural products and have not found them helpful, but we are all different and you may get relief from something, again depending on your diagnosis, it is also very expensive to go with natural products depending on how many you use it can be ridiculously expensive or do you mean natural as in exercise, meditation etc? I think if you are able to stay in the treatment of a psychiatrist it is better, if you have acute bad episodes, they can help, if you are on your own, managing that becomes more difficult, are you able to switch to another psychiatrist? I tried 2 before I found one that I am comfortable with, does your clinic have peer reviews? in which all the Dr's get together and try to nut out a different and hopefully better strategy, also you can see a psychiatrist at the black dog clinic and they can make recommendations for your own psychiatrist to follow, the advantage there is they have a mountain of experience and a lot of backup knowledge, accurate diagnosis is very important.
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