"it really does work amazingly! i am bipolar ii. was originally diagnosed as having major depressive disorder, but my depression did fluctuate in intensity quite a bit, so my psychiatrist thought lamictal could work and that i could bipolar. so i started lamictal (ironically right before i started the lamictal i started having hypomania and was then properly diagnosed as bipolar ii) for weeks it really did not help much - and then i reached the full dose of 200mg. i&#039;ve been on this dose for a month and have felt completely normal or virtually normal most of the time! the medication isn&#039;t perfect though, as the depression ocassionally comes on rather hard, but even when it does it is temporary and nowhere near as bad as it was before."