It was a really good drug for me and I'm hard to medicate. One trick is that it is less sedating and has less weight gain on the higher doses. I went on and off it a few times and after the first time I asked them to get me to 45-60 mg really fast to avoid side effects.

I actually think that it helped keep my moods fairly level for a while. i know it shouldn't have been able to do that but it really seems like it did looking back.

I thought it was a good med; I had to stop it because it started messing with my blood pressure (rare) but I'd still take it now (with appropriate AP or mood stabilizers) if not for that.