My doctor had me on 375mgs of Lamictal. I lowered myself down to 225mgs. I still don't have panic attacks, side effects, or depression, so there is that. But it's a double edged blade because it balances my emotions too well. It leaves me nearly flat affectively.
I attempted to go down to 150mgs but Panic attacks started happning like clockwork so I had to go back up to 225.
When the first rough draft of my book is done, I plan on getting off of it for awhile and just use Ativan to control the panic attacks for a few months to go over my book.