I began the taper on my own and only discussed it with my doctor when it came time to drop from a 100mg to 50mg prescription. He wanted me to meet with him monthly to report my status but I thought that was ridiculous. I just meet with him when I need a refill.<p>This is a general practitioner, not a psychiatrist. I&#x27;ve met with many a psychiatrist before and find they are generally so invested in the biomedical disease model that I don&#x27;t expect them to be particularly helpful. They&#x27;re the group of people who got me into the emergency room from over-aggressive onboarding of an off-label drug (geodon for depression? It was insane) and also who advised me to get electro-convulsive therapy when I had &quot;treatment resistent&quot; depression (i.e. the psych meds weren&#x27;t helping me to feel happy.) Fortunately I declined that frightful procedure.