I initially went through an unstable period with some rapid cycling intense emotions of anger and sadness (but not depression) as well as huge amounts of energy and excitement when I first started using it. Fortunately the Pdoc and a friend convinced me to keep taking it as it was bringing years of emotional detritus out and would eventually settle.

I similarly experienced dizziness initially and I also had some manic days where I couldn't sleep because I didn't feel at all tired and yet performed at 110% at work the next day - of course I utterly crashed the next night and day. . It can however also accentuate both anxiety hyper sexuality, which I counter with a Beta Blocker.

That being said there is some points of interest around it for guys - One I gather is that unlike several other AD's it doesn't damage the DNA of your spermtoza - reducing the risks of birth defects other AD's might promote if you wish to father children at a later stage.

A friend also claimed he read a study that noted that the children of fathers taking it were inherently less anxious than their similarly aged peers - but I suspect it's more because, due to the meds, dad didn't convey his bipolar behaviour as much while they were growing up.