trileptal helped with agitation, but it caused concentration problems. at one point, when the dose was too high, i even sounded drugged.

i dont think it lifted my mood any. im prone to agitated psychotic depression, so it was helpful in taking both the agitation and the psychosis down a notch or two when things got very bad. i still required additional drugs.

i was on trileptal and a low dose of lamictal at the same time for a while. good for 'symptom control...' bad for cognitive functioning. my personal recommendation would be lamictal over trileptal, just watch the dosage...too much=drug induced stupidity.

abilify was good for me, as tranquilizers go. i dont know why docs insist on using it for so many people with depression. im prone to agitated psychotic depression, so i needed a tranquilizer. i wouldnt say it really helped the depression itself, but it didn't seem to make the depression any worse or cause depression (seroquel did, for me).