[lvngkndnss]

Not just meds, but supplements as well, if you take them. I just counted, and I take 18 pills on a daily basis; more if I need a pain med or have an anxiety attack.

[Moogieotter]

Total actual pills 8.5 per day - total medications 5 + 1 suppliment (fish oil)

[vonmoxie]

Now that it's winter:
1 scrip (singulair) for seasonal allergies
1 immune support supplement (echinacea, zinc, etc.)

plus as usual:
2 individual supplements for specific deficiencies
2 different multi-vitamins (each are 2 per day; I take one of each to get a balance of ingredients/strengths I prefer)

on days I have a migraine:
between 1 and 2 imitrexes
between 1 and 4 medium dose aspirins
between 1 and 2 naproxen sodiums

on some days that I have severe anxiety:
up to half a xanax or klonopin (but never on the same day that I take migraine meds)

and no other prophylactic scrips currently.

So, between 9 and 14 pills a day now that it's winter
or between 7 and 14 in general.

And yet this doesn't seem like "much" to me, compared to other times in my life. It's more than I really realized; I coordinate them across the day with meals to make sure I'm not taking anything on an empty stomach, and over the years I've gained a lot of weight just because of trying to make sure I don't give myself an ulcer when I have a lot of pills to take.

[lvngkndnss]

Originally Posted by vonmoxie

Now that it's winter:
1 scrip (singulair) for seasonal allergies
1 immune support supplement (echinacea, zinc, etc.)

plus as usual:
2 individual supplements for specific deficiencies
2 different multi-vitamins (each are 2 per day; I take one of each to get a balance of ingredients/strengths I prefer)

on days I have a migraine:
between 1 and 2 imitrexes
between 1 and 4 medium dose aspirins
between 1 and 2 naproxen sodiums

on some days that I have severe anxiety:
up to half a xanax or klonopin (but never on the same day that I take migraine meds)

and no other prophylactic scrips currently.

So, between 9 and 14 pills a day now that it's winter
or between 7 and 14 in general.

And yet this doesn't seem like "much" to me, compared to other times in my life. It's more than I really realized; I coordinate them across the day with meals to make sure I'm not taking anything on an empty stomach, and over the years I've gained a lot of weight just because of trying to make sure I don't give myself an ulcer when I have a lot of pills to take.

What would be the result of you took a benzo on the same day you took a migraine med?

[Nix]

I take 9 pills a day.

I'm down to 9! I was on 24.

Edit: not counting PRN meds. If I take all my prescribed PRN meds I'm on 12 and if I take stuff for headache I'm on however many additional ones it takes to beat the headache.

[Serzen]

I take 20 mg of Fluoxetine in the morning and 2,5 mg of Olanzapine in the night.

[Blue_Bird]

8 pills a day, up to 2 more if I take my prn med and I'm on a monthly injection

[Bird Feeder]

17......Holy S***!
Plus ECT every 2 weeks

[HALLIEBETH87]

10 but several are multiples of same med

Only three,
Stelazine, invega and vistaril

[SingDanceRunLife]

I take 10.

[Nike007]

I'll be taking 3 soon. Two prescription and one vitamin. I take two right now. And I'm not even 18 yet... My goodness.

Social anxiety disorder, GAD, OCD, and panic attacks

Lexapro, 10 mg

[nataliepatricia6183]

I take quite a lot most days..although sometimes I miss on the supplements.
I take 300 mg of Lithium am 300 mg PM. 1 mg of Ativan daily or as needed..1 mg klonopin daily or just as needed.
Supplements:
1000 mg fish oil epa/dha
multivitamin
b complex
b 6
zinc
magnesium every other day
vit c
milk thistle
alpha lipoic acid every other day
co q 10 every other day
vitamin D 5000mg
cla tonalin
chromium
I plan on starting grape seed extract soon as well
I think that's about it LOL but yeah..a lot..I feel really good though adding those to my prescribed medicines

[gayleggg]

11 and some days 12

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[lvngkndnss]

Originally Posted by nataliepatricia6183

I take quite a lot most days..although sometimes I miss on the supplements.
I take 300 mg of Lithium am 300 mg PM. 1 mg of Ativan daily or as needed..1 mg klonopin daily or just as needed.
Supplements:
1000 mg fish oil epa/dha
multivitamin
b complex
b 6
zinc
magnesium every other day
vit c
milk thistle
alpha lipoic acid every other day
co q 10 every other day
vitamin D 5000mg
cla tonalin
chromium
I plan on starting grape seed extract soon as well
I think that's about it LOL but yeah..a lot..I feel really good though adding those to my prescribed medicines

What is the grape seed extract good for?

[vonmoxie]

Originally Posted by lvngkndnss

What would be the result of you took a benzo on the same day you took a migraine med?

None that I know of specifically, but when I've taken any benzo 2 or 3 days in a row it has tended to make me somewhat more susceptible to migraine, so I try not to take it 2 days in a row anymore, and figure that avoiding it once a migraine is already in play is a good idea too. I've never heard of anyone having that reaction, but the list of things can be involved in triggering my migraines is long. Sometimes just breathing seems to do it.

I generally take less than 2mg xanax (or equivalent klonopin) in a whole month, as sparing as I am with it. Only when I'm having an extraordinarily difficult time getting to sleep or know I'm going to be in an unusually high stress situation. In retrospect I really should have taken it early Xmas day, driving my mom and her husband an hour each way through New York City, arguing with me and each other the entire way about which highways and tunnels each of them thought I ought to be taking despite that the GPS was already continuously updating where the least traffic was going to be. Good god. I'm still recovering.

[kecanoe]

5 psych meds =8 pills
1 for GERD=2 pills
Supplements: Vit D, calcium, magnesium = 3 pills
13 a day. It's been more...
Oh and a bunch of prn meds, Xanax, olanzapine, ambien, a couple of stomach drugs.
And a monthly B12 shot