Too much medication?

[lynn1120]

Hi, I was diagnosed with bipolar depression in March. I was prescribed Lamictal and Klonopin to start out. Two weeks later, after an alcohol related suicide attempt, I was put on Wellbutrin for depression. I take 200mg twice a day. I take 150mg of Lamictal, I take 1 mg of Ativan as needed and was recently put on Busbar (starting out with 5mg twice a day and working my way to 10mgs twice a day). I have had severe anxiety and panic attacks for years now, which is due to a laundry list of things. Since I have been taking all the medication, I feel like I am in a fog. My anxiety is worse, I am paranoid and I am nauseas a lot. I am 5 ft tall and when I started, I weighed roughly around 105 lbs. Now I am at 87lbs. I am worried that I am too medicated. My only issue with coming off of everything is the weight gain. It sounds so trivial, however I have and always have had body image problems. I am scared to put all of the weight back on quickly and I am more nervous that I will weigh more than I did when I started. My appearance has always been an issue for me and it sounds ridiculous, but I know if I am unhappy with my weight, my depression will set in and my anxiety will peak. I am hoping you could help me or give me some suggestions or advice. Thank you

[lynn1120]

Thank you so much for the responses. I am in therapy now. I have always had worries about weight and I've been going through therapy for a while. It helps a little but gaining the 20+ lbs back is going to be a little hard on me so I just want to be aware for what I could be in for if I stop the wellbutrin

[Bubulous]

Oh sorry I forgot which forum I was on...this is the deppression forum.  lol

[Bubulous]

You can also join and post this comment in the bipolar community as well as the deppression community as people on there have experience with these medications.  I am taking Lamictal 150 but none of the other meds.  Any change in medication may take some time but if you are not having really bad side effects I would journal about how you feel and also take advantage of the mood tracker on here.  If the symptoms persist you can print and show the doctor how you have been feeling and they will likely change your medicines......Good Luck.

[mammo]

It is a lot of medication and if you haven't discussed how you're feeling with your prescribing doctor, I would do this right away.  Wellbutrin is a stimulating antidepressant which may be making you more anxious. I also think you should get into therapy about your body image problem.  I think as women we all worry about this to a point, but when it becomes obcessive, you need to seek help for it.  At least you admit that this is a problem for you and that's huge!  But seek therapy so that you can be happy with who you are thin or not.  You're putting a lot of pressure on yourself to stay thin, and I'm sure you don't need the added stress.  It's more about getting your mind as healthy as you want your body image to be, then you can truly be happy.  You know you can eat healthy and exercise to keep the weight off, work on getting yourself to a better place emotionally.  Take care.