Medication

Lamictal

Articles tagged Lamictal focus on psychiatric prescribing questions, side effects, interactions, alternatives, and practical conversations to have before changing medication.

Lamictal (lamotrigine)
Medications · 10 min read

Lamictal (lamotrigine)

Lamictal is one of those medications I actually like prescribing, which is not a sentence I get to write very often in psychiatry.

Mar 8, 2026
Bipolar Disorder, Explained
Conditions · 11 min read

Bipolar Disorder, Explained

Bipolar treatment goes wrong in the first appointment more often than in any later one. Get the diagnosis wrong and every prescription after it is wrong.

Aug 27, 2025
Bipolar I vs Bipolar II vs Cyclothymia
Conditions · 10 min read

Bipolar I vs Bipolar II vs Cyclothymia

These three diagnoses get confused constantly, including by clinicians, and the difference matters because the treatments diverge in important ways.

May 6, 2025