I LOVE Lamictal too! I don't have bipolar or schizoeffective, but for the subtle mood swings that I do have, lamictal has been excellent! I really like it.

Which brings me the point of why I first got on Lamictal:

I have schizophrenia, and for a while there things were pretty intense. But still, even when stuff was rough, especially when I was in the hosptial and everything, I've still been able to be pretty normal. I'm not like other schziophrenics who speak jumble or whose thoughts are disorganized, or really can't function. I've never been like that.

So, my doctors throughout the years have suspected that even though I get really weird, I actually have bipolar or schizoaffective. And that's why I was put on Lamictal.

But in the end, my doctors dismissed the idea that I was bipolar or schizo since I've explicity never been depressed or manic -- I've never had those expiriences.

So, I'm back to having schizoprhenia, which is fine with me.

Anyway, what I don't like about any of this, is that everyone is always saying to me, since I'm so not schziophreniaish most of the time, that I am "a miracle" or that I'm "amazing" or that I'm "VERY lucky". I don't like that at all.

This bugs me becuase, it makes me really resentful that I have schizophrenia. I mean, I don't mind having schizophrenia -- if anything it's made my life a million times better. But with people going around saying I was so close to being so bad and junk like that, it just makes me really resentful.

I know what I am saying may sound kind of wierd -- most people would think the exact opposite -- but for me I love my life, and I don't like thinking about how crummy it could have been.

But about Lamictal, I like it that during those times when I start feeling a little down and stuff. It's great for that. I'm glad it works for you too.