Hi Thirteen86,

Are you giving yourself these medications? You mentioned you didn't know how many you are on at the moment. You may be overmedicating yourself unintentionally. If you have a responsible adult living with you, have them organize your medication in a pill box, (you can buy the daily pill box at most drug stores)by the day of the week.

You are certainly on alot of medication, what you described are the side effects from taking those medications. You appear to have become "robotic" due to their excessiveness. Your quality of life is being deminished, you quit your job, your studies have been affected and you were in bed for 3 months. Get a 2nd opnion.

Good Luck,

Faded Rose

that sounds really dangerous to me to take so many medications.
my little sister was hooked on paxil in the worse way. i even read articles about how habit forming they are.

i was on prozac for a few months and i didnt like how it made me feel, my heart would race when i take aspirin, so the doctor told me to take only baby aspirin 80mg. with the meds.

one thing you could do is talk to a pharmacist at CVS or Walmart and ask them about all the medications your taking. i talk to them all the time.
another important question to ask is how to wean yourself off a habit forming antidepressant.

Hey Thirteen86
All neuromeds can be dangerous, some more than others. None more than the one that doesn't agree with your brain chemistry. Because psychiatric medications tend to me multi-effect they can have more side effects and much more complicated interactions. Given the number of meds you're on I wouldn't trust what Drug interaction websites tell you. I'd contact your insurance and see if you have a consulting nurse available by phone. Tell her the drugs you're taking and the side effects you're experiencing and ask if you may be having a bad reaction. If they think so, don't go off your meds until you confirm it with your doctor.

Do you have a stable adult that you're around the majority of the time that you can trust? A roomate or relative?

Thank you all so much. You have no idea what your replies mean to me.
I'm not medicating myself at all. I do have those pill boxes. I didn't know you could talk to a pharmacist about this, I wasn't sure they knew about that. I have a a really great pharmacist. I might go talk to her tomorrow.

The reason I say I'm not sure how many mgs I'm on is because I keep forgetting like I can't keep up. Amost like FadedRose said, robotic. When I travel, I have to write it down or take the pill boxes.

I am living with my parents now. I checked I'm on Buspar, Lithium, Klonapin, Lamictal, Seroquel. I don't want to be on them. I think my psychiatrist or something brain washed me in a way. I started thinking it was normal I know it's not.

I was on Effexor but I told my doctor I wanted off of it so he tapered me off. It was hard but I got off of it.
Thank you for replying! Even though I'm living with my parents, it's hard for them to understand. I'm glad I found this site.

I think these doctors are throwing meds out to the patients like they are candy or something. What is happening is that the pharmacuetical companies are paying the docs by how many prescriptions they write. The more drugs you take, the more money in their pocket. There is no reason why one person suffering from depression needs to be on so many meds that all do the same thing. Lamictal is for Bipolar disorder, not depression. My advice to you would be to seek a new psychiatrist and have them slowly ween (I can't spell tonight) you off some of these meds.

Pharmaceutical companies don't pay doctors. That's an ethics violation.

Thank you. I feel pretty trapped. I did agree with what wendyjr said or at least that was I thought. They're not paying attention to me that's for sure.

I would consider coming off the drugs all together. I have not yet seen a case where these psych drugs were actually beneficial in treating the depression that was not temporary. As wendyjr mentioned, I would certainly seek another professional as any lone doctor prescribing this many drugs is guilty of malpractice in my opinion. I would work on the depression as a condition, not as a symptom.

Thank you Elevation. Sorry I didn't see your reply sooner. I agree with you. Especially on the malpractice and treating depression without pills. I'm actually going to start weaning off the drugs by a newer psychiatrist I was referred to. Thank you for all your help!
xoxo