I was diagnosed bipolar 2 mixed episodes and rapid cycling about a month or so back. My doc put me on seroquel and then abilify. neither worked for me. Now i'm on Lamictal. He has me slowly working up to a higher dose. So far im having insomnia and very angry and bad mood changs. But, thats cause this med takes something like 4 or 5 weeks to get into your system. I'm also on clonozapem for anixiety and i find it doesnt work as well as lorazapem. I've tried the lorazapem a few times (mother on that) and it works much better. But doc won't change me on that one. Hope this helps.