I was on 375mg of lamictal for quite awhile, and my husband is on 300mg. Neither of us had any problems on it. The one thing I found difficult was initially starting it. Apparently it is not uncommon to feel like you are having flu-like symptoms when you first start lamictal. But I stuck with it because I was desparate for something that would work, and sure enough, after a couple of weeks those side effects went away and I never had any other side effects on it. THE rash is very rare, certainly something to be aware of, but I wouldn't get frightened about it. If you get a rash, you just call you doctor and they'll help you deal with it. I've never heard of seizures from lamictal. If for some reason it doesn't work for you, there are other mood stabilizers out there. (Lithium, by the way, is nothing to fear any more than lamictal). They are all just different.

This isn't a failure to be on meds. It just is what it is.