Thanks for the welcoming response. I'm sorry to hear about your own experience.

This is only my second experience with a psychiatrist and I think they try different medications until something works... I am a survivor and want to make the best of the time I have. Finding good effective medication would be the answer to my prayers. Self-medicating like in the past (alcohol, cannabis) is not an option for me. I don't drink alcohol anymore and cannot tolerate cannabis too much. I am not interested in getting high much- I just want to be able to get through the day functioning. I am taking valium for anxiety because where I am there is no access to a drug I was on during my chemo/transplant which was Stresam/Etifoxine. That drug got me through the worst of it. I still don't know why it isn't available outside certain countries...
From my experience so far-
Abilify 50mg daily has managed to help deal with compulsive and impulsive behaviour.
Starting Lamictal at 25mg for about 10 days now has done something to lift the depression. I am waiting another 4-6 weeks before I am at 100mg/daily.
Valium 10mg at night daily has helped me sleep and handled the distress somewhat.

I have been told I do not have psychosis although I feel like I am losing my mind most days...

Since this is the first time I have been on this combination of medications I guess I wanted to get some feedback from anyone else with the same kind of treatment. I am quite nervous about results in the future. For now, I will stick to the programme but I have a long road to recovery and I don't want to miss out on precious time.