I'm concerned not that you're taking so many meds, but that you're taking meds to combat the side effects of other meds. In my own experience, this is a nasty cycle to get into.
You take Seroquel so you can sleep. To combat the sedating side effect of Seroquel, you take Nuvigil. You have bad side effects of Nuvigil and have to take Adderall to combat that. I'm not a doctor, but I'd say yes, this IS too much....Not because you are on so many medications, but because you're taking medications simply to reduce the side effect of another med....the "fix" medication is actually giving you even more side effects, so your doctor decided to throw on top yet another medication. And, these medications are being used off label. Yes, a lot of medication is used off label, but it is cause for concern when a doctor will just keep on piling meds like that.
The truth is that MOST doctors know nothing about how to fix sleep issues. Sleep medications are supposed to be used sparingly and short term. Have you considered seeing a sleep doctor? Mine told me that I'm not allowed to take any sleep medications, and I started seeing her when I was lucky to get an hour or so of twilight sleep a night. Her sleep hygiene regimen fixed my sleep issues. (And when I say "regimen" I truly do mean it in that sense, as I had a laundry list of things to do every day just so that I could sleep again, some of which were counterintuitive to what we would think would help us sleep.) I say all of this because if you fixed your sleep issue, you'd be able to drop at least a third of your medications.
You're on two antipsychotics. I'm honestly not surprised that you wake up feeling drunk. Maybe this is saying a bit much, but the more I think about all the medication your doctor has put you on, the more outraged I get. Medication has a place in stabilization, but in the end, the less medication the better, AND it needs to be prescribed responsibly. I don't see that happening here. (How ethical is it for a doctor to throw that many medications at a patient?!?)
Can you please explain why you're taking Inderal to cut down on the emotional response? I was always under the assumption that heart medications used off label for anxiety were to cut down on the physical response of anxiety. Are you in therapy to learn how to control your emotional response? If you're in crisis, then cutting down on the emotional response could be helpful, but at some point we all need to learn how to manage our emotional responses on our own. Have you learned CBT or DBT?
