I'm not a medical bod so please have a chat to yours before you try it, but I'm loving the 5-HTP and can't recommend it highly enough! If you want to get off your ADs for whatever reason, but still feel like you need something to keep you stable, have a word with a doc about taking 5-HTP. My prescribing CPN suggested it a few months back and instead of waiting weeks for it to kick in, like you have to with ADs, the 5-HTP started working within 15 minutes and did more to improve my mental health within a couple of hours than the Citalopram did the whole time I was on it (17 years).
The ones I'm taking let you totally control the dose depending on your mood too... I can take up to 3 a day but I've only needed a single one first thing every morning and it's kept me going all day. Yes, I do still have down moments but they are in no way as severe and intense as they were on the Citalopram and I just use coconut milk to ease those feelings too.
I initially took it to get me through the SAD months and I'm gonna try weaning off them when SAD season finishes but I'm gonna keep a supply of 5-HTP constantly available even after that 'cos I haven't been actively suicidal since taking it, which is even better!
Have a word with your MH bods about it and see if it's OK for you to take too? They might say no if you still want to take your AD but I swear by that as much as I swear by ginger for nausea now!
What's the worst that can happen? Your medical bod saying no? But you've got nothing to lose and everything to gain by at least asking!