Posted by Christ_empowered on August 16, 2016, at 13:40:42
In reply to Re: excess mood stablizers, posted by SLS on August 16, 2016, at 13:05:45
wow. I take 2 anticonvulsants (trileptal and lamictal) and a high dose of Abilify. I thought my doc had gone a lil crazy with the 2 antiepileptics. I can't imagine 3, 4, 5 of those at a time...my brain would just stop working.
Seems that combos and cocktails are a time honored tradition in psychiatry. Back in the day, there were lots of combo pills...uppers+downers in one pill, a sedative and a neuroleptic in one pill, even one (I look at vintage psych drug ads...weird, I know...) or two with reserpine and additional meds...meprobamate, ritalin.
I think a lot of psychiatric prescribing is more intuitive than scientific. Patient is psychotic...neuroleptic. Now the patient is too sedated from the neuroleptic...add ritalin. Stelazine has gotten patient 2/3 there...add Thorazine. On and on it goes.
I will say that I benefit from my lil cocktail, so I can't complain too much. I do worry...a lot of these meds can deplete vitamins and minerals. Anticonvulsants, in particular, can deplete c, calcium, and b complex vitamins. I don't think most people supplement, so...that's going to cause additional problems over the long haul.
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