I take two antipsychotics, every day. I can't even imagine life without them, as much as I wish I could cut down on meds. They keep me stable and allow me to live my best life. Every now and then I get too big for my britches and think I can get along without them, but I usually run into trouble quickly and realize that I really DO need both APs and other mood stabilizers to keep me in line. Sometimes I wish I could make do with a single mood stabilizer, an antidepressant and an AP, but it's probably not in the cards so I just deal with it and try to remember how bad off I was before all these meds came into my life.
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DX: Bipolar 1
Anxiety
Tardive dyskinesia
Mild cognitive impairment
RX: Celexa 20 mg
Gabapentin 1200 mg
Geodon 40 mg AM, 60 mg PM
Klonopin 0.5 mg PRN
Lamictal 500 mg
Levothyroxine 125 mcg (rx'd for depression)
Trazodone 150 mg
Zyprexa 7.5 mg
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