Lamictal is a good drug for many...myself included, it's typically a background drug to help with the depressive side of Bipolar, it's a seizure med that also works with BP. It's not a huge help right away because it is a slow titration, to reduce the chance of " SJS" which can be very scary . Less than 4% of people have had the rash, that is why you move up slowly 25 mg at a time, usually it's 25 for 2 weeks then step up next to 50 etc etc

The one thing most people don't know is if you miss 3 days you have to start all over, total pain in the asss.

Most people do well with a mood stabilizer like Lamictal and a AP,