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Blue_Bird · Mar 25, 2022, 10:05 AM

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Originally Posted by WastingAsparagus

It's tough to think about going off a bunch of meds at once. I hear you, it's tough to have to take them, too.

I've often thought of simplifying my medicine regimen.

I usually come back to the conclusion, however, that the meds I am taking now are prescribed for me for a reason, though. And I can discuss this with my pdoc, and he listens to me (I'm glad I have a pdoc that actually listens now). But it's ultimately a matter of how I feel. And I feel pretty good on the meds I'm on now. So I conclude, I should stay on these for now.

My pdoc also seems to explain things really well after I ask him some sort of question regarding what would happen if I went down on a certain medication or the reasons why I should continue taking stuff.

Have you asked your provider directly like why you're taking each medication? Or you could make a list yourself about why you need each med (or don't need for that matter)... Just ideas.

Thanks for the reply WA

I do feel good on the meds I’m on now, so it probably isn’t a good idea to change them. Maybe once I have a year or so of stability under my belt I can think about cutting a few out. I know I’ll never be off all of them. I’ll at least always be on APs and a mood stabilizer. But I think maybe I should just leave things alone for now I guess since I’ve been doing as good as I have been. My doctor is helpful and does listen. I’ve been seeing her for almost 7 years now so she does know me pretty well. Luckily I don’t have any bad side effects from any of them. Just some tiredness but that’s to be expected and is kind of a good thing because it means I actually sleep instead of staying up for days manic. I’ll give it a year then maybe if I’m still doing okay I’ll start slowly tapering off a few of them with my doctors guidance but leave the rest/most important ones alone. I just only recently found a combo that works so it’s probably a good idea to give my body a break from all the med changes I had been through for several months trying to get stable.

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