Darth Bane: You're gonna have to ask your Psychiatrist about different mood stabilizers because I definitely don't know much more.
I am taking Lamictal for Bipolar II and it has been side effect free for me and that experience is generally very common.
And about the wikipedia excerpt: What matters is not Wikipedia's generalities about your prognosis as much as it is your personal experience. There's great chances that you can exceed Wiki's expectations.
Also, I watched the movie yesterday. Pretty Nice.

Sad, though, when you have bipolar symptoms that don't resemble the distinct pattern of happy energetic ups paired with the downs.