my 22 year old son was dignosed with bi-polar , he has been taking depokote(500mg) and risperidone(2mg) twice a day. He and I were concerned with the side effects of the depokote, so he has been taking only 1 pill a day the last week, til we could see the doctor. We saw the doc today and asked if she could take him completely of the depokote and give him a different med , she instead said stay on the depokote once a day and added a third medication called oxcarbazepine(150mg)(generic form of trileptal) Now he has 3 medications too take however we are concerned this is too many, the pharmacist also had so concerns, when we picked up the med and told us too carefully watch out for side effects of taking all three. Is it common to take soo much medication for bi-polar?