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Reviewer: 25-34 Female on Treatment for 1 to less than 2 years (Patient)
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Reviewer: therei8@aol.com, 45-54 Female on Treatment for 6 months to less than 1 year (Patient)
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i dont lie in my bed constantly, im not obsessed with thoughts of suicide. i dont stay up all hours of the night and sleep late and just want to stay in bed all the time. im not so angry and dont cry all the time anymore. i dont think caffeine is good for bipolar disorder, it makes me nervous and manic feeling in my head if i drink very much of it!!
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Reviewer: bob, 55-64 Male on Treatment for 6 months to less than 1 year (Patient)
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I have long term treatment resistant depression. The doc thinks, sometimes, I am slightly bi polar. Lately he says it's "mixed affective state" which essentially means they have no idea at all. I've been on this med for nearly 9 months and as I increase the dose I become more depressed and have constant nausea. As of today I am stopping this. My partner has been saying to d
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Reviewer: 55-64 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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Lamictal has made me feel so much better emotionally, but the side effects of muscle aches and pains has made it almost impossible for me to continue, certainly at what is supposed to be therapeutic levels.
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Reviewer: 19-24 Male on Treatment for 1 to less than 2 years (Patient)
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