"i use this medicine for self-harming thoughts. i take 1.5 mg and it does help a lot. my self-harming thoughts have less power and &quot;stick&quot; less when i&#039;m taking this medication. however, i have gained a lot of weight. i eat pretty healthily, exercise 2 to 3 times per week, and i&#039;m only 17, but i&#039;ve gone from 130 pounds to 180 pounds after taking this medicine for 3 and a half years. another side effect is very vivid dreams that occur every night, but this isn&#039;t a problem. i also stopped getting my period for about a year and a half; however, that could have been due to self-starvation, since it has come back now (the medication is also lower than it has been)."