"the medication treated my bipolar disorder and ptsd wonderfully. i was happy with no real manic episodes or episodes of depression. recently i have started sleep walking on the medication and it is scary. i get out of bed to go to the bathroom and fall asleep  walking there and don&#039;t remember what i did. i have fallen asleep standing up and awaken falling backwards. i have started barricading myself in the room so as not to be of a problem to my housemates. i have reported the sleep walking to my mental health clinic but they say it is not a known side effect. i sleep for 4 hours and i am manic for 12. what a life. i am going back on it tonight because the manic episodes are getting worse. i asked for help with this problem for a week."