"i was on this drug for 6 years. i experienced some serious side effects, such as somnolence and vivid nightmares, which at the beginning i wrote off as getting adjusted to the medications i was taking and coming to terms with everything that happened before my diagnosis (bipolar ii). years went on and it didn&#039;t get better. about 3 years in, i started developing a tic. i went to my doctor to discuss coming off the medication, i started sliding back into a full relapse. my doctor advised that i should go back on the medication, which i did. back in february of this year (2017) i was completely fed up with never feeling like i slept long enough, the nightmares, and the tic, and came off of it. i haven&#039;t felt better in a long time."