On medication but still depressed.

hello everyone!,

i was diagnosed with type 2 bipolar disorder about four years ago, but i only started therapy and medication consistently in the past 3–4 months. for the first time, i’ve felt optimistic about my future. i was feeling more balanced and leveled out from hypomania (still do feel that way), but recently, i slipped into a depressive episode that’s been ongoing this past month, and it doesn’t seem to be improving.

most days, i stay in bed, sleep for 12 hours, feel hopeless, and am completely depleted, unable to do much of anything. it feels just like my past unmedicated depressive episodes. i spoke with my psychiatrist and had my lamotrigine dosage increased from 200 mg to 250 mg, thinking my therapeutic dose might be higher. but, after two weeks of consistently taking the new dosage, my mood hasn’t improved. if anything, it feels worse.

i have another appointment with my psychiatrist in two weeks, but in the meantime, i’m wondering if anyone else has found a medication regimen that works well for them. any advice is appreciated!