"after 15 years of incorrect medication, the last 2 being a roulette of 12 different meds, my life is amazing. i take 175 mg plus a 159 mg wellbutrin kicker. these coupled with 900 mg of li each night (and 100 mg trazadone), i am allowed to be the wife, mother and teacher i knew i could be. i was an extremely rapid cycling bipolar 2 (even daily swings) and for almost a year now, i am a normal person.  i will also stress that cbt is just as important as the meds.  many people on this site having negative effects are on really high doses -maybe this is the problem? i get many side effects from all meds and now they are minor. (fyi, lamo works with the neurotransmitter glutamate and not sere, norep, or dope - bp is not depression)"