"i&#039;ve been on every medicine under the sun (it seems) to manage the hypomania / mania of bipolar2. within a few days of starting lamictal (was on tegretol) it was as if someone had turned a light on in my head. is this the way &quot;normal&quot; people think? was one of the first things that struck me. i sleep like a log, have no irritability, almost no anger (other than what would be considered normal). i am able to focus and my creative, impulsive thoughts have decreased enough to be manageable. it&#039;s a god send as i would perennially be in a state of hypo mania, which sounds great, but i was physically and emotionally exhausted. my libido is markedly lower but i wonder if that is perhaps an effect of not being hypo manic. i take 20 mg for anxiety."