Medication Changes

[britee]

3.Medication questions—-hope i am posting in the right spot.
I have been on medications for almost 11 years. I have been through so many. and At the present time I am on Effexor xr 150mg, Prozac 40 mg as the Dr. was trying to wean me from 225 of the effexor xr and add the prozac. 1 mg of xanax 4 x’s a day, seroquel 150 mg at night. So this was my new medication line up after switching psych drs. after 10 years. need a new beginning. not feeling good.
So this is what she added in. I am a homembody and fear the everyday so it was hard to get to some appts. what she was aware of in the beginning and after i missed 3 appt.s she called to tell me her office is to busy to help me even though she knew my issue.
So off to a new Dr. yesterday—he hates all my medicine and can’t believe what they have me on. So he wants me to start taking effexor xr 150 every other day, prozac every other day for about 4 days then just come off. xanax to kolonopin-take one xanax and next dose kolonopin for a few days then just kolonopin. He wants seroquel xr one night and then trazadone the next night at 75mg or up to 150mg and then let go of the seroquel xr. I am scared to death with all these medicine changes. Can I have some input here. I am already fearing life and now I fear the medicine. Thank you.

[annalawny]

I agree - I couldn't even FOLLOW that.  Do you have a primary care doctor?  someone you know and trust?  If so, you might ask him or her to weigh in as well. There may be some reason why going off this stuff in a specific order would be most beneficial, but I have no clue what order that might be.  I also agree a heart to heart w/ the doc is in order - I just started going to a new doc (my first psychiatrist for meds) and I was terrified.  I feel better about it now, and she seems to understand that she has to do things slower than she might otherwise want to and she is - so so far, I like that and it makes me more amenable to the process.  But I had to speak up. I was very intimidated by her - still am, to a degree - but I know that it is up to ME and no one else, to hae the final say.  Last time I went, we sort of cleared the air and hopefully, it seems that she now Gets it.  I hope you can do the same w/ your new doc - that is an awful lot of stuff to remember - if there is a method to his madness, ask him to explain it to you and break it down in terms that are manageable.  Take a pad of paper and a pen and take notes.  I wish you well.  

[britee]

Thank you.  It is so scary.  I don't know who to trust.  Why would he ever want me to do so much to my body all at once?  I am going to talk to him and not make any changes until i see him next week.  I am so ready to get better but don't know which one to wean off first.  Thanks again for your input

[Devonlee]

I think that is a lot of changes at once. Let yur dr know if you can slow it down some... for instance just work on weaning you off of one med and let you get used to being without that one then start the next change. It does seem you were taking A LOT of meds for a long period of time and you may not need all of that so the changes may help! But its must be done SLOWLY. Talk to your dr and say yes I want off some of these and I want a change but not so many changes at once. Good luck.