Oh no, I mean I take 300mg in the morning and 300mg in the evening, as well as 10mg escitalopram & 20mg adderall XR in the AM.
I hate to break it to you but the 2mg xanax\daily probably has a lot more to do with your cognitive decline.
I've been on this combo for around 3 years.
No side effects at all. Seriously.
EDIT:
I have never been on a mood stabilizer w\o a concomitant SSRI - I was on sertraline 100mg initially which made me crazy aggressive\anti-social and I eventually attacked a cop and got kicked out of a second college for the second time, dx changed to bipolar NOS, Rx 100mg sertraline down to 50mg sertraline, Rx 300mg oxcarbazepine bid added (600mg\day total), this helped greatly keep me on an even keel and helped me not ascend into violent manias, then Lexapro went generic so I could afford it, sertraline 50mg replaced with escitalopram 10mg, this helped a lot too, sertraline is an EVIL drug for people with cyclothymic disorders