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Off SSRIs for 3 weeks and I can see some of how hard I'll need to work to use DBT to manage the symptoms of my depression. I'll be talking to my therapist about it for sure. My immediate reaction- when I realized I was still having symptoms- was that I needed to get right back on medication, but I've made a concerted effort to rely on DBT skills since then and although it hasn't been immediate and magical etc, it has helped. So we shall see.

I don't have that rigid disinclination about taking medication, so my feeling is whatever works to strike a balance. I don't want to see my cognition continue to diminish the way it gradually did over prolonged SSRI use. But medication has been a godsend when it's effective. So I may eventually go back on it at a much reduced dose. For now, I'm just going to monitor myself and keep JS in the loop.