I would definitely discuss it with your pdoc. I saw a definite improvement with my meds (decrease in delusions, paranoia, increased focus & rational thinking, decreased depression & agitation, etc.--bipolar 1) so the meds were welcome to me. I take 6 of them, but I do worry about all the possible damage they may be doing that they don't know about yet. Will they have a recall in 2 years because of some dire disease one of them causes??
Pdoc wants to add serequel (sp?) but I just refuse as I am already taking Topamax, klonopin, trazodone at night--all sedating & I still don't sleep more than 3 hours, which is bad for the bipolar--in a mixed, moderate, episode now, but I don't want to get too drugged up (relatively speaking!! I'm sure the general public would be appalled at what I take--plus all the supplements & thyroid med, high blood pressure med, high cholesterol med, potassium pill, B-12 monthly shot-prenicious anemia.
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