I'm on 3 meds right now. They all help me in different ways. So as much as I don't want to take meds my whole life, I know it is beneficial to my well being. For the moment, at least. This is just my opinion but I just think that pdocs are very willing to just throw meds at you and keep adding on to see what happens. Of course prescribing medication is their job. There is a lot of grey area and lots of differing opinions. I'm all for taking the least amount of pills as possible for many reasons, one is because I forget to take them. lol. But if a handful of pills is exactly what a person needs to live a more productive and healthy life, then why not? I know that if I wasn't taking my medications I would not be functioning as well as I am now.