I had a lot of muscular type issues while on it including uncontrolled movements and being all drawn up and palsy like when I'd wake up in the morning.

I'd literally have to manually articulate my limbs just to get myself able to move around for the day, and when I'd mention that to my treatment team they'd poo-poo all that and kept me on it for several years.

By the time they did take me off of it several years later, the "discontinuation symptoms", as they like to refer to withdrawal, were downright evil, wicked, mean & nasty!

I have a lot of chronic joint and muscular pain issues now and can't help but wonder if being on this med long term contributed to the cause.

My advice is to educate yourself on all the side effects - short term and long - and proceed with caution!