"i&#039;m bipolar and has taking lamictal 2,5 years right now. it is the best medicine i ever had. before lamictal i was given lots of ssri medicine and neuroleptika who did that i was feeling worse and gave me 10 extra kg. when i changed medicine to lamictal it took looong time for me till it start working. not feeling any side effects and i&#039;m on 300 mg."