"i&#039;m on a cocktail of mood stabilizers and an antidepressant to treat the depressive phase of bipolar. lately, i started getting dysphoric manic phases. if i take 150 mg once a day, i feel so much calmer, thoughts don&#039;t race, dysphoria disappears. i don&#039;t feel groggy or slow. i think i tried a higher dose &amp; it didn&#039;t agree with me. i took it, then stopped it, and now on it again. i saved it for acute mania and it helped me come down when i was worried i could not. it worked right away. calmed my agitation and did not cause a crash. improved my sleep too. i&#039;m also taking 150 mg of lamictal, 80 mg of latuda, and occasionally 1 mg of xanax as needed."