TW: Suicide Attempts

I was recently in the hospital following an attempt, and during that time my medication was changed because I was “overmedicated”. Beforehand I had been taking Pristiq for depressive symptoms, Lithium for mood, and Abilify for intrusive thoughts. The prescriber in the crisis unit decided, for reasons unbeknownst to me, that I was taking too many medications. He chose to take me off Pristiq and Lithium.

Has anybody else been taken off meds because they were “taking too many”? Since I left the crisis unit my symptoms, which were mostly in check prior to my crisis, have flared up drastically, and I think it has to do with me being off lithium. Is there any medical reason to take somebody off a medication that they’re doing fine on because they’re taking too many meds?