I have started taking Lamictal since I first posted this. I've taken it for about 5 weeks, and am taking 75mg twice a day. It finally working. can be stable and relatively happy for long periods of time (for me at least.) I don't know about the elation bit, but not much is happening in my life to cause elated feelings. I'm in college and it's paper time (and I'm not a prepared to write them as I should be since I've done a heck of a lot of procrastination.) One of the things that is important to me is that I feel a heck of a lot more in control of myself. I still have the ups and downs that everyone has, but they are more in proportion to the event (or I can practice some CBT techniques to deal with them) and I can recover from the lows far more easily than in the past; I just had to just wait it out. Give the meds a chance to work. I finally did (though I did need a med change too) and it's been worth it.

Laura