"diagnosed with bipolar disorder 2 with my new psychiatrist last november. (had 2 different hospital stays with same diagnosis, just didn&#039;t want to believe it.) started lamitcal at 50mg in november, and now i take 200mg daily and it&#039;s nice to feel like there&#039;s color in my world. brought me out of a depressive episode and i&#039;ve been very content with this medicine. feels like it fits just for me after many trials and errors with antidepressants. definitely feels like a veil has been lifted off me and the world even seems happier. i do have my off days , but they are just days and not weeks. i did have intense diarrhea when i started the 200mg and headaches but i don&#039;t notice any side effects at all now that i once had before. very grateful."