I was on various medications for depression for many years, and with a lot of work on myself, I am now medication-free. (For my mental health, anyway. I take all too many for physical ailments.) I just wanted to let you know it can be done.
When you talk to a psychiatrist about medication, talk up-front about how getting off of the medication will work. When you are ready to try going off, do it in consultation with a psychiatrist. My GP, who was not knowledgeable about the drug I was taking, made my withdrawal process much worse than it needed to be. If the first therapist you talk to doesn't "click" with you, try another one instead of giving up on the whole idea.
Best of luck to you.
