I liked Lamictal for my mood, but I did have side effects. I had major cognitive effects relating to memory and word recall. The word recall was the worst part because I really felt dumb at times. I think all AD's and AP's do that to some extent, but this was worse and became very frustrating (I couldn't remmebr the word "refridgerator" once, for example). It was bad enough where it affected my performance at work as well. My pdoc felt it was not worth it and took me off of it.