Meds are a mutual decision by my pdoc and me, although he kind of shut me down at my last appointment when I suggested I want to take fewer meds. He's from the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" school of thought. I know he's right, but I wish I could get away with taking just one AP and a mood stabilizer, plus a higher dose of antidepressant. Oh, and I need something for sleep. That's only four meds. Other BP 1's can get away with it, why can't I? is my rationale. But the simple truth is, the current cocktail works and I need to just suck it up and quit *****ing about having to take so many.