I don't think it's the pharmaceutical companies that are behind over medicating or mis medicating us, it's incompetent pdocs, I am fortunate to have one who is really on top of stuff,working with the patient.
I'm down to 150mg's of Lamictal from 200mgs, pdoc says anything under 150mgs is not therapeautic any longer,if lower dose was, he would even go for it. He believes in using the lowest dose that is still therapeutic,if a patient shows no negative changes, if things are still unstable then he works with the patient on getting the right dose without zombifying them.
Not mnay pdocs will work that way, especially if they have inflated egos,and the cash register at top speed.
It's all so complicated,and so easy to want to point fingers of blame in some direction,I know when I get frustrated either with my physical health,meds.,menopause,and my Hashimotos disease, I just want to scream at my docs,that I still feel unwell,and what the hell are they doing? Ever get where you want to just SCREAM?
Enough of my ranting. I think one of the things we can do is,just take one day at a time,and assert ourselves at our pdoc and doc appts. so we'll be heard.
I wish y'all luck with this, keep the faith.