I hated it. It is the only psych med I gained weight on. It got so bad, I started turning my eating disorder towards bulimia (this at a low normal weight). It helped me sleep, so-so. Trazodone, hydroxyzine, Seroquel all worked better for sleep. My issue with the weight gain was that I never felt full on that stuff, no matter how much I ate, and that is not a good situation for someone recovering from an eating disorder. I think I had less energy (was tired during the day). I remember being too tired to even go for a walk around 30 min. long. I know it didn't help with my depression because I was getting so upset at gaining weight and not being able to control my eating at all. But it's been ages since I took it last, maybe 15 years, so the details are fuzzy. Though I've told all my pdocs I will never take it again. If they prescribe it and if I actually got the prescription filled, they can be sure I'd just throw it away.

But, as others have said, it did help them.