"i was feeling like i was in a hole and couldn&#039;t get out  of it.  nothing was working. i am now on lamictal and abilify and within a week i was feeling better. i take them both at night i don&#039;t know if that makes a difference,  but i always wake up early with lots of energy and ready to do whatever. which before all i could do was lay in bed. i hope i don&#039;t gain any weight, i haven&#039;t yet and haven&#039;t experienced any over eating and i&#039;m on 10mg abilify and 200mg of lamictal. so they have both worked wonders for my depression.  with no side effects that i can see yet."