I get really bad irritability and the lamictal helps in combination with Geodon. I went down to 100 mg of Lamictal after being on 300mg for a few years because I felt it was making me head towards mania. Now I'm doing better and didn't realize until I just saw my pdoc the other day that I'm doing really well with my moods. I have some other issues like sleeping too much and not being able to lose weight, but my moods are doing well so he doesn't want to change meds. Plus, I'm already on meds that shouldn't cause weight gain.