"i have been taking trileptal (oxycarbazepine) for years now for bipolar. i&#039;ve tried so many other drugs and they either didn&#039;t work or i couldn&#039;t live with the side effects. trileptal has been a life-saver for me! i also take low doses of a wellbutrin and celexa and .5 klonapin 1xday for anxiety. my doc wanted me to substitute abilify for trileptal and i said, &quot;no way!&quot; i compromised with her and take .5mg abilify with the rest of the my meds for a week or so when i get depressed. so many docs have tried to steer me to the newest drugs for bipolar-i&#039;ve tried them, don&#039; like them, and i will stay on trileptal. i only gave it a 9 instead of a 10 because i have to take other things with it, so it&#039;s not a 100 percent cure-all."