"i am not really sure if this medicine is working as well as it could. i feel better since i started taking it but i still have serious manic days around my period. so much so that i am not allowed to work during those few days. i also wake up with shaky hands and my teeth chatter until the medicines kick in. when my dosage was higher  (i take 600mg twice a day) i would have a half hour of being seriously high and i was unable to walk around. it would feel as if i had a really strong eyeglass prescription. "