Should you try it again, make sure you taper off, not cold turkey. Most of these meds have REALLY bad effects when you stop them suddenly.

It's hard when you take a med that, when it works, makes you feel like you don't need it and then you forget that it's the med that got you in that condition.

Don't know how long you've been doing Atkins but you might want to aim at a year, at least, before making other changes in your chemistry. I don't have my Atkins books with me, but I rather recall thinking, "He's a cardiologist / diet doctor, not a shrink..." when reading some of what he said. He also seemed to seriously not understand major food addiction, so I stick to Atkins for LC and my other professionals for advice on different topics.