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Reviewer: 45-54 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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made me flat stupid
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Reviewer: lavendar, 35-44 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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Tried a whole bunch of meds, but depakote works the best! The only down fall is my weight gain! Gained 5 pounds in a week. Rather be 'sane' then skinny
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Reviewer: ylmanly, 19-24 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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Caused severe depression and rapid heartbeat. Would never take again...felt like I was dying.
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Reviewer: hopeful, 35-44 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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Have been using for 3 months. No apparent side effects. Mood, affect, and sociablilty much improved. Previously on lithium for 4 years alot of side effects wasn't aware of. Like peeing all night so couldn't get but 2-3 hours solid sleep dr prescribed med to help bladder control and sleeper instead of getting off lithium. none of the other meds worked by the way. so the last 4 years ve
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Reviewer: A real person, 19-24 Male on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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Don't take this medication if you are pregnant. It could lead to birth defects. I was prescribed this medication and experienced some very nasty side effects like difficulty breathing and irregular heart palpitations. My doctor told me that the medication was safe and tested however upon further researching the drug I found out that it is actually new and the way in which it actually effect
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