Tapering Off Antidepressants

The core of tapering off antidepressants is the gradual reduction plan designed by your prescribing doctor. Korean medicine treatment doesn't replace this plan — it plays a supporting role, easing symptoms commonly experienced during tapering such as sleep disturbance, anxiety, dizziness, and digestive discomfort, buying the body time to readjust. It's important to understand this as support that "makes tapering easier to bear," not a treatment that "gets you off the medication."

Our Korean Medicine Clinic's Perspective

Dongjedang uses pulse diagnosis and consultation to assess the sleep and autonomic nervous balance that's often disrupted during tapering, calming rising heat and settling a sensitized body to reduce fluctuations. The pace and timing of tapering are always decided in consultation with your psychiatric doctor, and Korean medicine stays in the role of buffering symptoms alongside that process. Never adjusting or stopping medication on your own is a firm principle.