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I posted this in the Drugs forum also but thought I'd get more views if I posted it here too.

I recently had an argument with my dad where he told me that he thought I was being overmedicated. I felt hurt and insulted but then after the shock went away I began to think about it and I began to think the same way. I went to one of my doc's today and had a conversation with him about it so I am to stop taking my ambien and start to try quitting my Tramadol. He understands that I need my Tramadol for pain but if I can get away with not taking it it might help matters. He was also going to write my pdoc a letter about my other meds to see what other ones we could try to stop. I see my pdoc on the 31st and plan on having the same conversation with him then. I also talked with his nurse today and told her that I thought I was being overmedicated and could she talk to him about it for me. I am scared I will make him mad but I think I need this. My mind goes blank at times and I'm to young for that to happen. I also have other side effects that I think I shouldn't be having that I think need to be addressed. I do fear though that my pdoc will say that if I truly want to be off these meds and on something else that I will have to be hospitalized to do it.

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If you're being overmedicated, or feel you are definitely talk to your pdoc about it. And if he wants you in hospital to manage the withdrawl that's not necessarily a bad thing. I was in hospital 7 weeks last summer for depression and meds adjustments and since I saw my pdoc everyday rather than just once a month, we were really able to fine tune my meds.

But also listen to your pdoc's rationale for having you on the meds that you're on. It may be that he / she feels that you need a combination to manage your symptoms and you might not be able to go off all of them.

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