So after two three month episodes of what I later found out is hypomanic episodes, nearly ruining my life and destroying my marriage - my therapist at the VA pulled out a book, rattled off a string of behaviors that fit my behaviors perfectly.

She prescribed Lamotrigen. After taking it for about three weeks now, I'm in a conundrum...

I don't know if the Lamotrigen is causing me to have tons of energy and have a shiny outlook on everything, or am I in the beginnings of another episode and the Lamotrigen is keeping me in the shallow end of the tide pool. I looked at the side effects of the drug and it has everything from my skin falling off to "stopping breathing", but no bursts of energy.

As much as I absolutely love the feeling of the hypomanic episodes, they scare me because I know the cost of them.

Anyone on Lamotrigen? Do you have an inordinate amount of energy, focus and drive, or am I not seeing the forest for the trees here?

Thanks
JoeGrunt (that's what my username is supposed to be but I got autocorrected and didn't notice and I don't have the patience to make another account, so JoeGrun it is!!)