Is it normal for someone with mental illness to be prescribed 5 different drugs

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I'm asking this here because I know I am not the only person on this site who takes meds for psychological reasons but I'm wondering how many drugs most patients get prescribed.

I went to my psychiatrist today and she prescribed me another medication saying I still seem manic and told her about nightmares. I was already on 4 and was added a 5th one to the list. I have been on up to 6 at once.

I would quit taking them all together but every time I've tried in the past I have a hard time functioning and keeping my life together. It's hard to explain without writing a book about what happens to me. For someone diagnosed with mental illness I am able to think very logically as far as I can tell but I can become very disorganized and reckless and cannot think clearly when I stop taking the pills.

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  • handsignals
    9 years ago

    It doesn't matter if your taking 1 med or 100, it's not the amount you take it's how they effect you. You should talk to your Doctor about your concerns and give them as much details about your symptoms as possible.

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  • mlbryan44
    9 years ago

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  • NotTheSun
    9 years ago

    Well, obviously you will naturally experience withdrawal symptoms, without your daily medication, everyone taking specific medication will. But it is not forever, eventually it would pass. It may take a while for it to not only fully leave your system, but mentally, it would take a bit for your mind to detach from the effects as well. The medication attaches to a multitude of receptors in your brain (depending on how many different medications you are on) and changes the way you think and feel. Which is quite unnerving, it took my friend a while to bounce back, from just one anxiety med.

    It's not a matter of if you can function, without, because eventually you could, it's a matter of if you want to stop taking them all together, or not. If you don't plan on stopping, you shouldn't juggle with the aspects like take more or less, than you are prescribed, because you're juggling with how your mind receives the drug, either way.

    If you're disturbed/annoyed by the fact that you function differently in the absence of your medication, there's nothing to be done, regarding that, as well as nothing a Doctor can do or tell you, other than masked truth, or common sense.
    Your body and mind will need the medication as long as you plan to take it. It is essentially addicted. Even if it's purposes are to help. That doesn't change the fact that it now needs it, to yes..function.

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