That is a lot of medication, but I have no clue, and I doubt anybody here does, what that all adds up to be. I suggest you check with your pharmacist.

Knowing that moving is one of the top 4 things that causes stress I suspect that could be a part of your need for a med adjustment but your Pdoc knows you best.
Seems like the Top life stressors are: Moving, broken relationship/divorce, death of a loved one or job change.
Consider them major bumps in our BP highway ... and swerve to avoid!

:)

Good advice starfish!
I call my pharmacisit all the time ,they have tons of info ,on drug interactions,and if some drugs counteract each other.

Did you know that while taking most antidepressants,and some antiphyc meds...you should not drink graprfruit juice!!
A phar. told me that.......


not that many people even LIKE grapefruit juice...just interesting info!

Pharmacists are a great help, especially with drug interaction.

There's also a drug that gets affected if you eat licorice, but I can't remember which one it is.

I dunno...to me, that doesn't seem like so much because I've been on TONS. I take something like ten pills a day, but I'm supposed to be on like thirteen, just haven't gotten scripts for two of my other meds.

I guess maybe try to look at it this way...75mg of Effexor is a fairly low dose compared to the max. 300mg of Lithium is also a low dose. The usual therapeutic dose is 1,200mg a day. 300mg of Seroquel is a pretty good dose for now, but it's a med that, if you're using it for sleep, it will have to be increased ever so often. This isn't true of all people, but as my nurse told me, is the norm for most. It's a good med, though, or is for me, anyway. Prozac and Klonopin? I dunno, really. I am also on two antidepressants and an anti anxiety medication.

Here's what I think...IF these drugs are working for you, then no, it isn't too much. I take Seroquel 600mg, Wellbutrin 150mg, Paxil 40mg, Depakote 1,500mg, BuSpar 30mg, and am supposed to have Vistril also. Then I also take Prilosec and Minocycline, which aren't psych meds, but still, in combination with the psych meds, its a lot.

Keep an open mind and test your psych's decision. If they still don't cut it, you definitely need something else...possibly meds taken away and new ones added. But yeah, just give it a try. Your psych is supposed to know what she's doing lol...supposed to know. If this change doesn't work, he/she will get things lined out for you.

Take care! Feel better soon, I hope!

OHH and by the way, was not trying to really say what you are taking isn't too much by going into the different doses. Just trying to possibly make you feel better about them. It sounds like your psych is trying the lowest doses possible to get you lined out, which is a good thing.

I am on too much
400g tegretol retard
20mg chordiazepoxide
125mg amitriptyline
and that is what keeps me up and running, the doctor tried to nock some off but everytime i hit rock bottom again, and he say I am to take these meds the rest of my life.

I take six meds a day and think nothing of it compared to the fourteen I used to have to take. I've come a long way I tell myself.....LOL!

It's about dosage that is seen to benefit and suit YOU.

I take 6 pills a day (5 different kinds) if I take my sleeping med which is optional. I'm also on 75 mg of effexor which pdoc told me is a low dose but I'm on 4 mg of Klonopin which I think is a higher dose.

i am not sure anyone can tell you if it is right or wrong. if you feel that it is too much then you need to tell your doctor that. i don't know though. my theroy is the person taking the meds should feel comfortable doing so, not the opposite.

i take 900mg of seroquel, 2,25 mg xanax,200mg zoloft, 450 mg of wellbutrin..i do ok.. depends on the person.

til recently is was on 300 effexor/800 lithium & 20 diazapan - even my pdoc says i should be in a hospital bed...
down to 200 effexor (wee hee) but up to 1000 lithium (boo) ad hoc the other perhaps 3/4 a week..you got a lot or diff sorts - have u had it explained to you what each is for? any why the combination? Id ask, a reason will stop you worrying...

PS - when i saw a diff doc, he thought effex. was giving me too much adreneline (wierd to give a manic?) And still I cant get my head around the above works with sleeping pills.
I could suggest research your drugs on the internet find out a bit more about them before you next go - you`ll understand her explanation better and can challenge any unanswered questions..