If you cannot see a psychiatrist and you are concerned about the medication side of things, talk to a pharmacist, they are very knowledgeable. Its not unheard of to be on more than one anti-depressant but there are greater risks with polypharmacy and generally psychiatrists should oversee that sort of combination.
My GP is a specialist in mental health and wanted me on a second antidepressant but had to refer me to a psychiatrist when he put me on it. Its not that a GP can't prescribe it, but you'd need to be followed up very closely and educated on the signs of serotonin syndrome if they were prescribing responsibly. Can you talk to your care co-ordinator about your concerns about what the GP has been doing and ask them about seeing a psychiatrist?
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