I've been taking lamictal for a few years now. I am not sure it is helping anymore. I have been having a lot of mood swings lately. I am on 200 mgs a day. No side effects that I've noticed. My body just gets use to medicine. I don't know how many meds I've been on over the years. A lot I know that. Been on an anti-depressant since high school and that was back in 1999.