Polypharmacy is a pretty standard operating procedure in psychiatry. I don't necessarily think this is a good thing, because drugs interact with each other in ways that can't be predicted sometimes. It also makes it difficult to figure out which med is doing what in terms of symptom relief and side effects.

On the other hand, there have been times when being on many meds at once is what has worked for me, and when that has been my only choice as far as functioning like a (semi-) normal human being, I saw it as a necessary evil.

Do you think it's always the case that they are emotionally/mentally unstable because they are on many meds, or do you think it's possible they are on many meds because they are emotionally/mentally unstable? Just a thought.