Its so healthy to have a set of goals and to be accomplishing them. Cheering others is probably just about healthiest thing anyone can do. But the pressure to be “med free” in our culture is pretty intense. It isn’t the right thing for everyone but even those of us who use medications for whatever, thyroid disorders, diabetes, heart disease, pain, we all want to reduce or eliminate the use. Our culture discourages the use of cigarrets(nicotine) while we advertise encourage and expect people to use coffee and alcohol(sort of, but not so much anymore). So there is lots of pressure to experiment with stopping meds and taper off and cut down. I think its because deep down, people don’t really trust meds. We trust our bodies to make things right.
I have a health plan that actively tries to get people to take yoga, has exercise programs, and uses lots of “group” counseling classes. Part of the reason for that is that there are lots of people here in Hawaii that are morbidly obese and so there is a super high rate of Diabetes here. I talked to my doctor about weight at one point and asked how in the world to lose weight. I was hoping for some magic pill. He said, “Just lose weight”. So I actually did and it worked. My cholesterol went down. But it was hard.
Anyway, the desire to attempt to go off meds or cut down is totally understandable. Hopefully the doctors that you work with are willing to help you try alternatives if possible and if not, then just take the ones that are needed. Maybe talk to the doctor about reducing them and what else to try.