One dr I had tried to get me on all sorts of meds when I was depressed and I tried some.... but nothing seemed to work, I was still depressed and suffered insomnia so I decided to ride it out on only lithium. It took 7 months till my sleep improved on its own and I started feeling better. I asked my new dr to switch to lamictal instead and told him I did not want to be in a ton of meds. He agreed that the fewer the better. So that’s the only thing I take and I feel so much better. I’m not sure why or how people I’m end up on so many meds, but I did not want to. I used meditation to help me get some sleep until it finally improved on its own. I didn’t want rebound insomnia with pills.