It differs between individuals, in lots of people a psychiatrist is able to taper off and stop medicines between 6 months to an year, but in majority of cases, anxiety is a chronic state and a psychiatrist is not able to taper off or even if he does, the symptoms recurs, so in that case, the treatment restarts and continues indefinitely.
Next Steps
Psychological intervention focusing on identifying and correcting cognitive or thought distortion helps in tackling anxiety symptoms more effectively and at times also helps in tapering and stopping medicines