AstridLovelight, I am on only one AD, which works well for me.

I wasn't exactly thrilled when my psychiatrist told me that probably I will need to be on it for the rest of my life. He looked at me quizzically and said "Suppose you had Type I Diabetes - you would need a daily dose of insulin." and of course I agreed with that.

I found his comment empowering - "meds for the head" are fundamentally no different to insulin.