According to the folks at Surviving Antidepressants website, six months is NOT a long time to taper. They recommend much longer. Not all people have issues with coming off antidepressants, I suspect you are one of those people. I tapered off Lexapro over a one year period and had none of the side effects of withdrawal that I previously had trying to taper off more quickly. I decreased by 10% every three weeks.

There is a new book out by Brook Siem, May Cause Side Effects, a memoir about her withdrawal from antidepressants that is recommended by the folks at Surviving Antidepressants.