So, anyone who has ever read me say anything on these forums likely knows I've been on Lamictal for almost a year.

The addition seemed to be so promising at first that I dropped the antidepressants I was on at the time to focus primarily on the mood stabilizer. My Pdoc warned me that Lamictal was often not enough, especially for someone with Bipolar 2 symptoms that matched mine. I have avoided adding anything else to what I take for several months, insisting that I wanted to maximize the effectiveness of lamotrigine and simply to increase the dose. I have been on Lamotrigine monotherapy since last July, the only variance being the past two months where I tried to add Trazodone for sleep.

It has become obvious to me now that the monotherapy isn't working. I have dipped into low depressions lately and high anxiety. I believe that I've just begun to feel as bad as I did before the lamictal. I've accepted that I need something else, and I will be talking to my psychiatrist next week. She does not want to increase Lamictal at all anymore. She has been insisting on adding buproprion.

I would just like to know what other people's thoughts and experiences are on adding to lamictal and what made the med truly effective. Where do I go when Lamictal alone is not enough?

I am BP2 with predominately depressive and anxious symptoms. I experience symptoms much like generalized anxiety, ADHD/ADD, and panic disorder.