around 3 years ago, I was diagnosed as bi-polar II. My parents brought me to a psyciatrist because of depression, anxiety, and anger problems(not random outbursts but fits I would throw If something did not go my way) The first thing I said to the p-doc was that I had punched holes in the wall from anger, and WHAM! "you're bi-polar II'' . He put me on lamotrigine and my life has never been as good as it was before the lamotrigine. Went off the lamictal a couple of times. Tried seroquel EPIC fail. nack on lamictal. was on and off ssri's abilify, clonazepan. xanex, while staying with the lamotrigine through all the combinations. xanex and clonazepam were the only things that worked, but I had to quit those bc of abuse. I was also diagnosed as ocd in high school but the former(different) p-doc then mentioned nothing about bi-polar but just a bad case of ocd. he put me on a low dose of risperdal and it tamed most of my problems.