Doesn't sound like you had to surrender the medical.

The medical certificate is never valid if you're not medically fit to fly: it's only valid for that time when you meet the medical standards, so having a condition which does not meet the standard and holding the medical certificate in your possession are not incompatible. If the FAA didn't revoke your medical, then you may have been ill advised to surrender it or return it (unless it was in the hope you'd come off the medication in the future, and returning the certificate would preclude dealing with the issue of revocation or suspension).

It was done at the advice of my Doc at AMAS. And I really don't want to get my medical back, I have a pretty nice LOM plan that will pay me the equivalent of F/O wages at my company until I'm in my late 60's. I hadn't planned to fly to my late 60's so the money I'd earn returning to work isn't that much more.
Most importantly my health is doing much better not flying. Lots more time to exercise and stay active. I've recently hit a weight I hadn't seen since the 1st year after I left the military in 1989. Gained a bunch of weight sitting around a crashpad my 1st year with the airlines. Need to lose about 15lbs more to match the weight I was at when on active duty.