"had a weird manic/mixed night so put myself up to 300mg from 150 while dropping effexor from 300mg to 150. went completely nuts and very confused (another manic/mixed night oddly enough, that felt about the exact same as the former) but now it&#039;s been 2 more weeks since i switched the dosages, so a month total, and i feel far more normal than i have in 7 years. seems antidepressants really are the devil for bipolar disorder, which i never truly believed until now. that being said, i&#039;m fairly certain i needed effexor at one time. don&#039;t know what i&#039;d do without this med actually.



if you need a dr to request approval for your insurance coverage (remember plan g if you&#039;re on the poor side), that will work instead of e.g. taking lithium."