Hi
I just joined up. I read your post about the Lamictal. I have been seeing pdocs for 3 years now. Finally got diagnosed BiPolar in Jan. I was put on Lamictal 50mg daily. Did great right away. But meds no matter how good they are either dont work for me or not for long. Lamictal was nothing different. I started out on 50mg like I said but quickly went to 100mg then to 125 mg and now I take 200 mg. My manic episodes got better at first with the low dose. Then as my episodes came back just as frequently as before I started the Lamictal my pdoc would raise the dose. Finally when I got really bad in June taking only 125mg they upped my dose to 200mg and also added Risperdal .5 mg . I think Lamictal is a good med and works unless you are like me and all meds tend to stop working quickly. Currently I am still taking the 200mg of Lamictal and the .5 Risperdal. I dont know how well the Lamictal works alone at that dosage level.
I didnt gain alot of weight with Lamictal either. At least not when that was the only mood stabilzer I took. Didnt seem to be any side affect with it.

Take CAre
Leslie