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Originally Posted by raspberrytorte
Are you scared to go off your meds?
I'm on FIVE. Way excessive.
I want to ask if I can go off of one of them, but I'm terrified it'll destabilize me.
The med I want to go off of is trileptal. I'm on THREE anticonvulsants. I take trileptal, lamictal, and gabapentin. I just think being on three is a little ridiculous. I either want to go off of trileptal or lamictal, but I'm even more terrified to go off of lamictal!
I don't know what to do. I hate this!!!!
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As you can see from my signature, I'm on a LOT of meds. But I'm pretty stable. I work a full-time job and do well with it. I wouldn't dare tell my pdoc I wanted to get of one (except the Xanax, I want to wean off that ASAP, when my anxiety gets under control, since it is so addictive and harmful) because I need all of them for now. Things may change in the future and you may not need that many, but "if it ain't broke don't fix it," right? Of course, if you're having a lot of bad side effects, that's another thing. Just my two cents' worth.
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...Out of night and alarm
Out of terrible dreams
Reach me your hand!
This is the meaning that we suffered in sleep:
The white peace of the waking.
~Edna St. Vincent Millay, "Song of the Nations"~
Diagnoses: Bipolar 2, OCD, Chronic Worrywart 
Meds: Lithium (reducing), Trileptal, Latuda, Risperdal, Klonopin and Xanax PRN
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