For some of us, the meds are life-saving. I think the best plan is to have a psychiatrist who only tweaks the meds, and a therapist for talk therapy. If you have depression or bipolar disorder that is partly biological, you probably have to take meds the rest of your life. Given what happens when I am not on them, I have accepted the “life sentence”.
In saying/doing that you have overcome a tremendous hurdle. An accomplishment to be sure.