Tapering off antidepressants can look very different from person to person. I hear often that someone reduces their medication, feels stable for weeks or even months, and then suddenly experiences intense withdrawal symptoms seemingly out of nowhere. That delay can make it difficult for people to recognize what they are experiencing, especially when the dose reduction happened long before the symptoms appeared. Withdrawal varies widely between people, and symptoms can emerge on very different timelines. For anyone who’s decided they no longer wish to take their medication, starting a taper rate low, making changes slowly, and seeing how it goes— start low, go slow, see how it goes can give people the best chance of reducing the risk of severe withdrawal symptoms. @_innercompass