I took it for years and years. It is a very popular med to prescribe for bipolar. However, the doc thought I was building a toxic level in my body. I began having problems such as just sort of shuffling along and facial movement problems. They did go away after I stopped taking it. I haven't heard of anybody else with this problem. I was taking a high dose, as I said, for many, many years. I don't know if I was being dumbed down by it, but I was dumbed down some. But I was taking a cocktail of meds....

The concern about antidepressants for bipolars is that they are thought to sometimes trigger mania.