I am in the process of stopping my meds. Like you, i have been on various forms of psych meds since my teenage years. When you're quite young, you just take whatever they throw at you partly ina desperate hope for relief and partly because you believe them when they say the meds are your safest bet.
Over the years i have come to discover that when they start you up on meds it's usually standard procedure. In my country, medication is used instead of offering therapy in a lot of cases because medication works out cheaper than therapy.
If you feel like the meds aren't helping, aren't contributing significantly to your Well being and don't make much of a difference then i Think that weaning off them would be worth a try. And yes, please do so in some sort of cooperation with a gp or a therapist/cmth person.
What i've found from Reading about this on the internet and from asking friends who have stopped their meds is that it's better to go as slow as possible. You have been on meds for a long time and your body and brain has become dependent on them. So do expect some sort of withdrawal symptoms if you decide to do it. It would probably be wise to make a plan of what to do, who to contact should those symptoms become bad. Remember, even with each small reduction you can always increase a bit again if it goes too fast or if you feel too unstable mentally to handle a decrease right now. Better to reach a point of stability between each reduction.
A lot of people with mental health problems cope fine without medication. And a lot of people don't. And some just want the Security of being on medication that they feel help them in various ways.
Whatever you decide, i wish you all sorts of luck
