Poll How Many Medications Do You Take?

[Crow]

My psychiatrist stopped writing scripts about 8 years ago. Took me two years to follow her advice and stop psychotropic meds. I had to double down on talk therapy and there have been dark rough spots but I'm happy I broke from the norm. I think Mt healing is much deeper than it would have been.

 

[killronaldreagan]

I put more than 5. In the mornings I take 10mg of Adderall, 150mg of Wellbutrin, 1mg Klonopin, midday I take 4mg of Ativan, at night I take 90mg of Mirtazapine, 150mg of Wellbutrin and 2mg of Klonopin, then I have a volume of as-needed medication that legitimately scares me (5 off the top of my head)

 

[Deleted member 20280]

Way too many, I currently take 75 individual pills every day due to numerous medical/physical as well as mental health pills

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I am due serious medication overhaul next week to start on reducing my daily meds.

If had to pay for all of the instead of having military war excemption rights the would altogether cost over $550 a month

Phew thats one blessing I guess.

 

[Ed Norton]

I put 5 but one is a PPI (Nexium) and not psychiatric. Welbutrin, Buspar, Propanalol and Klonopin(as needed)

With my anxiety improved lately I forget the propanalol and Buspar all the time but I am afraid to discontinue because it can get bad and I don't wanna be unarmed

Edit if the op wants me to change my poll answer to omit the nexium then I will just in case you mean PTSD/psychiatric meds

 

[Deleted member 28403]

One currently, will be getting another one soon

 

[Friday]

Ticked Zero.

When I'm being smart I keep an emergency supply of Valium on hand. I haven't been smart for awhile. Things have been too bad, for too long. On the upside, that gives me a bit of a laugh; have to get better before I can do the things I need to do to get better :P Life. Just keeps cracking me up.

 

[Ronin]

Ticked two, one of which is psychiatric.

Basically I need the painkillers far more than anxiety med. I can fix my anxiety if I'm not hazed out of senses to pain.

 

[ladee]

Down to two. One for depression, one for anxiety. I keep the anxiety meds in my purse in case I freak out in public, but have started smoking pot to ease the anxiety and to help with the chronic pain. I only smoke at night before I go to bed... it relaxes me much smoother than pills that make me feel wonky the next morning..
I do take one med for pain. The more stressed I get the more my body hurts.

 

[Deleted member 33023]

I live in California and when I was first diagnosed with PTSD about three years ago I was given an anti-depressant, sleep aid, Klonopin, Valium, muscle relaxer. I believe at one point at the peak of of what I call my "zombie time" I was taking about 12 to 18 pills a day!! Now I think back it's like a "duh...no wonder I was a freaking zombie!" I went cold turkey in the summer of 2014 (do not ever do this ever) and my mind was so screwed up (seriously thinking back ha ha ha-not) I thought "I'll stop the medication while we go on our trip to Asia and Europe." I'm surprised I didn't get arrested. I was horrible and angry all the time. Things that normally do not bother me really bothered me. I almost took out some poor Canadian couple for cutting in line in front of us! I'm so sorry now.

I had a reoccurrence of my symptoms about two weeks ago. It is really bad. I did try to kill myself (by the way when I went cold turkey I tried to kill myself then too-I was actually hospitalized), when I stopped the meds in 2014. But now I'm back on. This time I'm taking charge. No more zombie and saying "yes" to everything the doctor says. I'm research every medication and I am trying my darnedest to engage so I know what is going in my body and what to expect. I'm so desperate at times I will do almost anything to stop it.

In the end I figured medication can be good and can be bad. Doctor's don't know you. They are guessing when they give you a prescription. It is up to you look up the prescription and the adverse affects and educate yourself.

 

[Deleted member 28403]

3 right now, but going down to 2, and then back up to 3

 

[The Albatross]

I take one Rx antihistamine but figured that didn't count for the purposes of the poll so ... none.

 

[Deleted member 34424]

None. No medication works for a long period of time. As my therapist says, my brain is way too smart for that.