Some clients are taking medication prescribed by their GP or psychiatrist, to assist control their symptoms of, say, depression or anxiety. The utilisation of such medication during therapy is incredibly unlikely to harm or interfere with the effectiveness of your psychotherapy and is much more likely to assist than hinder. Sometimes people undertake hypnotherapy principally because they need to stop their medication as a result of the side-effects they experience, or because they simply don't desire to live on medication for, possibly, the remainder of their life. In such cases, it may be that following completion of your therapy, it would then be wise to schedule a consultation with the medical doctor responsible for prescribing your medication to check your progress with a view to perhaps progressively tapering down your dosage. Many people find that, following completion of their therapy, they taper down their dosage and eventually come off their medication altogether, as they begin to manage their emotions and reactions in a more constructive way in their daily lives and feel more in control.