Recent diagnosis and antidepressants

I had actually just tapered off sertraline in the couple of months leading up to my assessment and diagnosis, though at that point I was already pretty confident I was autistic. I would echo what others have said about speaking with your doctor, though I will also say that I only had to speak with mine once to set up a schedule for reducing my dose and it was absolutely fine managing the tapering-off/dose reduction process on my own.

What I would say is that it's a good idea to start by figuring out things like sensory issues and meltdown/shutdown triggers so you can reduce those as much as possible before coming off the meds. I had already done quite a bit of that work just due to improvements in my work life and physical health, but it definitely helped to have a solid idea of what things had been autism-related anxiety triggers before. It makes a huge difference learning to tell the difference between anxiety and sensory overload, or between depression and burnout.

I had actually just tapered off sertraline in the couple of months leading up to my assessment and diagnosis, though at that point I was already pretty confident I was autistic. I would echo what others have said about speaking with your doctor, though I will also say that I only had to speak with mine once to set up a schedule for reducing my dose and it was absolutely fine managing the tapering-off/dose reduction process on my own.

What I would say is that it's a good idea to start by figuring out things like sensory issues and meltdown/shutdown triggers so you can reduce those as much as possible before coming off the meds. I had already done quite a bit of that work just due to improvements in my work life and physical health, but it definitely helped to have a solid idea of what things had been autism-related anxiety triggers before. It makes a huge difference learning to tell the difference between anxiety and sensory overload, or between depression and burnout.