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to many meds?

deleted_user
deleted_user
every time I go to the pdoc I get added some meds.
I am now on: Celexa 40 mg dailt, welbutrin 300mg daily, depekote 2000 daily, klonipon.05mg 2 x a day, anyone else on what seems to me a lot of meds? Plus the klonipin is making me sleepy with a nice buzz.
Tizzy
Tizzy
I am on one and my pdoc wants to up the dosage because I'm starting to have outbreaks of emotions again. I won't even go see him right now because of it. I'm scared to take too much.
deleted_user
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If they are helping you and you can deal with any side effects take whatever the Pdoc tells you to take, the Pdoc should know what they are doing.
Good Luck and keep on keeping on.
Ron
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deleted_user
The most I was on was 8, now I'm down to 2 will be up to 3 shortly
deleted_user
deleted_user
well i dont know about you but i am bi polar and i heard bi polars are famous for not taking there meds. i have a list of meds im suposed to take every day .i take the base lamictal 400mg and i have others i take when i get to up and when i get to down.i tell my dr what i think i need he listens. we pay them you know they work for us.
deleted_user
deleted_user
when I saw my pdoc yesterday, he asked me hoe I was doing. I replied good.He looked up and said "honostly"? Then I told him about the panic attacks as well as still having ups and downs, He said that I am at my limit on the anitidepressents ans then added klonipin 0.5 mg 2 times a day. They make me high :o) but very very drowsy!
Tizzy
Tizzy
Well there is a point that we aren't going to be "fixed" do you guys think that the taking more meds is good? maybe I should consider it. I just don't know my Mom grew us up to believe DR's are evil. My sister once cut her finger to the bone and my Mom wrapped it in gauze. I just don't think they know all that.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I got to feel like I was taking too many drugs, too. I seem to be very tired. I stopped taking my night time drugs for 2 nights, and I was still tired, but I was grumpy on the second morning. I might be having seasonal allergies or going through the change of life, but you can't stop what you are doing because of that! I took 50 mg of Lamictal instead of the usual 100mg last night and I will see what that does.
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