"it worked so well for me, except for the weight gain. it worked perfectly for my mood accept that within the first 2 months i was on it i gained about 20 pounds. i kept on it because it worked so well and we played around with some other meds that might have balanced it out but it was just not worth it, i ended up gaining about 30-40 pounds from the whole thing and i am a rather small person. i am now on lamotrigine and it works perfectly. in all it worked out pretty well, just had some unpleasant side affects for me."