ok. not to sound too "antipsychiatry," but...there's not yet any sort of brain scans, bloodwork, etc. to base a DSM/ICD diagnosis on. My shrink says "You're clearly BIPOLAR I! Take your LAMICTAL!," while my counselor says "are you sure you wanna reduce your Abilify? I sense a lil Schizoaffective..."

point is...now, as in the early days of psychopharmacology, really...ideally...good doctors are matching distressing problems/"symptoms" to available drugs. clusters of symptoms="diagnosis," but thats mostly for billing and (hopefully...) to help guide treatment in a good direction.

maybe its because my labels have been all over the map, but...whoa. I'm skeptical, and I try to minimize my drug intake, to whatever extent possible. 2 psych drugs, 1 prn (rarely used), tons of antioxidants to reduce toxicity and (hopefully....maybe....) improve results, overall.

maybe you should go over your psych drug combination w/ someone and see what can be dropped, reduced, etc., to get a lil more "rational poly-pharmacy" going? -most- combinations are -not- studied. I think there's limited data on some 'atypicals'+anticonvulsant mood drugs, 'atypicals' + lithium, zyprexa+prozac. in psychotic depression, there's limited research on some tranquilizer+antidepressant combinations. That't not exactly a wealth of data to draw upon, lol.