So I stopped lamactal and started taking some other drug. Trecal or something like that. Not important. The side effects seem minor except for the horrible dizzy feeling when I tried to take the recommended dose. I ended up only taking half. I took it for a month and the doc said my white cell counts were down. Off that med I went. I gave myself a week of nothing to purge my system and now I am trying depakote twice a day instead of once. I haven't really noticed any differences either way. Physically, I was healthier off it, but I was having to take my "calm down" medicine everyday. Not sure what I am going to do. Right now I am giving this twice a day thing a try, but not optimistic. Yesterday, I had a really bad day in the form of I couldn't think straight. I think I just needed more sleep...which is what I should be doing right now...sleeping. When I don't get enough sleep my brain shuts down. It is difficult because I can't just stay home and tell people,