any bp2 peeps ever gone off meds successfully and stayed off? it is possible and can be done, but for majority of people it's not possible. I'm in probably one of the bigger \[situational\] stressful periods of my life, can't leave it for a few more months, yet have successfully got off lamictal (really sucky withdrawals too). I stopped because I'm afraid of long term side effects, had been on 200mg for about 10 years. I stopped them because I felt it was losing its effectiveness. I agree, this was not the ideal time to do this but I've been managing. All I can think is if I was living alone, I'd be fine, this would be a moot issue, but I live with someone who exacerbates every bad mood, and it's making it really difficult to cope. I'm resentful and feeling like it may be in my best interest to go back on the meds, but that just makes me so mad, disappointed, frustrated. can anyone relate?