Let's see, I take 6 for depression and anxiety and ADHD (one for as needed psychotic features control). I take 3 for blood pressure, which forced me to lower my ADHD dose - stimulants and high blood pressure don't mix for some reason. Those are the prescriptions, not the number of pills. Fortunately one is not daily, but it's coming up enough to be at least 3x per week, so you could say I have 8 to 9 Rx's.

Can I go off of them....NO! If I stop taking my blood pressure meds, I will die. If I stop taking my depression, anxiety, ADHD meds, I will eventually ruin my life and probably be no better than dead.

I hate high blood pressure. I hate taking 3 pills to control it, but it keeps me from so many complications with my kidneys, eyes, etc... I don't really hate my depression/anxiety/ADHD meds. Those gave me my life and even then, it's not 100%. The side effects suck, but I was born with this problem. No amount of willpower can change that. My willpower (read as coping techniques) is better used to cope with what the pills don't yet fix.