Lamictal seems like a placebo for me. I had it for a month of severe depression with no change. When I came off of Seroquel, and still on it, I went into a manic episode for more than 2 months. Since the ever-changing anti-psychs and starting to crash from lack of sleep (early October), I've been in a mixed or depressive mood. And after getting up to 200mg Lamictal, I've had a dose between that and 300. It's shown no effect that I can tell.

But I hear it works wonders for other people. Maybe it did stoke my hypo/mania, but my body just adjusted to it.

I'm on both Lamictal and lithium. Not sure what they're doing for me even though I just had a blood test that said I was in the "therapeutic range" for lith.

Everyone's different and hope is always the important thing. If Geodon doesn't work for me, I think I may give up on meds. I feel like a freak.

Sorry. Wishing you the best of luck.