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Jan 21, 2014, 08:10 PM
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Has anyone tried this drug?
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Jan 21, 2014, 08:55 PM
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All it did was make me sleepy. Wasn't on it very long. Little green pills.
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Jan 22, 2014, 10:50 PM
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Yeah it makes me sleepy too & gave me dizzy spells & blurred my vision too & yes not to forget drowsiness & feeling sleepy all the time.
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Jan 25, 2014, 04:18 PM
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I took it 20 years ago. Made me sleepy and gained 20 pounds.
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Feb 04, 2014, 02:18 PM
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i take it for chronic migraines and for mood. ive taken it before and no side effects noted. does help with depression
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Feb 04, 2014, 04:03 PM
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I took it for a while a long time ago. What I remember most is I was either sleeping or eating. Gained weight and didn't stay on it long.
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Feb 04, 2014, 09:01 PM
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I took it and it caused me to have heart issues. Getting off of it was hard, I reacted badly even though we did a gradual decrease. My first hospitalization was due to the reactions coming off of it.
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Feb 07, 2014, 10:12 AM
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Feb 07, 2014, 06:45 PM
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Yeah, I took it for a few weeks. The stuff gave me major side effects. Besides confusion and difficulty speaking and talking, I couldn't restrain myself (for example, I couldn't walk slowly - only very fast, I couldn't stop early enough so I walked into doors, I didn't slow down when turning so I tripped half the time), I couldn't think straight, and I got a side effect more commonly seen in antipsychotics: dyskinesia.
Took me a couple of weeks of high doses oxazepam (Serax) and akineton (used to treat side effects of antipsychotics) before I was alright again, and now, two months later, I still have difficulty concentrating, and talking sometimes. |
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Feb 09, 2014, 11:49 PM
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Despite it being prescribed for migraines, it seemed to give me migraines! In fact, all I had to do was LICK the pill (even though it's just an antidepressant) and I'd get a massive migraine. It was like licking a toadstool for me.
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