I'm 27 as well and it sounds like were in the same boat. I know when I was off lamictal and not on tegretol I had no problem with acne. Then after my hospitalization they put me on tegretol and soon enough I got the same dreadful side effects come back. I'm lucky that I don't get much on my face, just a few that aren't really noticeable.

There's not that many mood stabilizers out there. I refuse depakote and my choices seem to be lamictal or tegretol.

There's always a root to the problem. I wish doctors would go to the root instead of adding more medications to stop side effects its a terrible cycle.