Oh man, they will pry my Lamictal out of my cold dead hands ;-). Great stuff. And there are other things your pdoc can put you on, if he's all that concerned about you. I've also tried Topamax -- fabulous for losing weight, because it makes food totally repulsive (I lost 20 lbs), but so-so on the mood. In the hospital they put me on Trileptal, which lasted a week before I had some more of that great "unexplained bruising" and got taken off it.

My point is, you have options. Make sure you make your pdoc tell you what they are!