I'd appreciate some feedback on levels of medication.

Thank you for that, Nick.

It is more a question of the mix, rather than the component parts, how they stack up as a whole, rather than individually.

Yes, it is my name. Thanks for the warning, but I am who I am.

Thanks for the link though!

Well, it depends what it is for. Part of that mix might be what is supposed to be wrong with us.

But what I will tell you is that I was at one time on Lamotrigine, Mirtazapine, Quetiapine and Pregabaline. I am now have been taken off Mirt and Quetiapine driven by the side-effects that I was reporting and presumably influenced by the fact that I was no longer showing the symptoms for which I was being prescribed these. I had previously been taken off Prozac and to be replaced by something else and likewise with Lithium.

I was on 100 mg of Quetiapine.

I am on 100 mg of Lamotrigine.

I was a zombie on the above dose of Quetiapine such that I was having difficulty functioning in the morning.

You will have to draw your own conclusions in discussion with your doctor/psychiatrist.

My reluctance in telling you what I am on is that as with others on patient.info you are asking for some kind of help but inviting me and others to contribute their own experiences. Then, not necessarily you, they will start trying to solve my problems, when I hadn't asked to be helped in the first case.

That is why I reacted as I did in the way that I did.

This is not a Facebook discussion, where a comment invites a response which then gets a biting response.

Hi again, Nick

Sorry if  came across as 'biting'. Totally non-intentional, I assure you.

Strange how different medicines affect different people.

Pregabalin affected me very badly, despite it having been sold to me on the basis of it being a good replacement for the Prozac. 

My difficulty is in trying to work out how ill I am, from the levels of medication being prescribed.

Thank you very much, 

Stuart

Your social worker or support worker should tell you whether you are getting better or not. Your meds might be causing some of the symptoms you are complaining of - for instance, when I stopped taking Lithium I stopped shaking and my memory improved. I am not going to tell you what you should and shouldn't do. My only observation is that if I compare your dosages with mine they do seem very large.