Hi Dragonflower--

It sounds like you are off to a good start--things are so much more difficult when your main support has issues , too.

It sounds like the Lamictal isn't doing the trick by itself, though. I take Lamictal and lithium, which is still the gold standard in preventing and controlling mania. It has a largely undeserved bad reputation, though you do have to have regular blood tests, and it can make you feel kind of strange, especially when those rapid thoughts start slowing down! So stay with it, I think things will get better for you as your treatment progresses.

DJ