Hi Joe... I have been taking Lamictal for about a year now. I'm also on several different meds so it's hard for me to say what works and what doesn't. I can tell you that the Lamictal didn't cause me any great side effects. I don't know that it worked tremendously well but it didn't create any problems for me either. I'm working all my meds around now and the pdoc says the final result will be Lithium and Lamictal. I know he loves the drug and again, I can't say anything negative about it but I don't know what good it's doing since I'm on a few meds... can't single one out. I hope it works well for you. Depakote for me was not a good drug. Take care!!