I too take Lamictal among many drugs - was put on it by desperation from my psych as I became suicidal (again) last year. That was in the latter part of the year and I had a stay ino the psych ward to give the opportunity to go right on the dossge to the theraeutic range. Well, you could blow me down with a feather, the difference it is making in my life. I see the same experience by other Bipolars all around the world. It helps with the low, or depessive past of Bipolar and Lithium helps with the hypomanic/manic side of the illness. I take other psych meds as well.

This thing with Lamictal is life saving for me, but it has also shot up my functionality and given me hope that I may have a viable life. It is that good for me. This is after years of being mis - prescribed asnd nearly dying at my own hand as a result, losing my career, houe, friends and familty due to my illnesses and a grest deal more to boot. So it has turned out to be a great drug for me.

Of cousre there are no magic bullets. I still plunge and when I plunge into major Bipolar depression as well adn Panic and Anxiety, it i very dramatic and very painful and hard to recover from but it's happening less than it did in the past even by a tiny degree at a time.