Posted by Tabitha on August 16, 2016, at 11:07:22
In reply to excess mood stablizers, posted by rjlockhart37 on August 15, 2016, at 23:10:47
I have the impression pdocs are afraid to discontinue any meds until the patient is stable. So if they're not getting a good result on the current meds, the pdoc is likely to just keep adding until they improve.
At least that's what mine did. I wanted to swap a med that didn't seem to be helping, instead he wanted me to add the new one, wait a couple months, then taper off the old one. I don't think he would have ever tapered me off one if I hadn't pushed for it.
When you consider that so much of psych med prescribing is off-label, and there's not much evidence for combining multiple meds, it doesn't give you a great confidence in the approach.
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