"this medicine probably saved my life. after being misdiagnosed with severe depression, i had been on a high dose of prozac which led me to a near suicide attempt. switching psychologists, i was diagnosed with bipolar 2, taken off of the prozac and put on this medication and almost immediately noticed a difference. they told me that i shouldn&#039;t feel a difference until at least 150mgs but i felt it at 75mgs. i&#039;m currently on 400mgs which is usually the highest for treating bipolar. it is also used to treat epilepsy, and people with epilepsy take thousands of mgs a day, so it i felt safer when experimenting with it. the only reason i gave it a 9 is that it doesn&#039;t completely hold me over when i have overwhelming emotions. adding trileptal now."