I take so do many I know and it work great for bipolar but you have to know what you are getting into . It make you sleepy so take it at night and at the same time every night so you are not laggy the next day it works for 24 hours so there know point taking it during the day it will shut you down. It dose make you gain weight its like getting high you get the munchies.

Im at the point now where I take between 200mg. and 500mg. a day . I take 200mg. everyday and will adjust the mg. if need it to control my manic since that moves up and down it only make sense but you should take for a year or so first then talk to your doctor about self adjustment .