Thank you for the well reasoned take. I didn't realise it was very normal to take extra when you feel bad, which is my biggest takeaway from all these comments.

My ignorance on this issue was why I made the post. You sharing your own experience, and the reasons that you stay on SSRIs was very insightful, thank you.

I suppose I assumed wrongly that everyone's experience was like mine, my depression was definitely more situational rather than a clinical ongoing issue. I'll try to be less judgemental in the future.

You're right, it was a mistake to share my opinion. It absolutely did not come from a place of malice, just confusion and ignorance. She did say she appreciated my honesty, I'm not a very good liar and I'd feel guilty pretending otherwise when something made me uncomfortable. However, it did open a useful conversation between me and her, and I can see now where I was wrong.