"i took this medication for about 2 weeks hoping it would help my hypo mania . some members of my family said it helped them. nope! complete disaster for me. i could not stay on this thing for a month! the loss of appetite really sucked but i expected that i thought maybe i could look past that. but l went from 120 to 117 in 5  days. it did not help my mood it only made me dizzy and gave me uncontrollable jerky movements. i was forgetting words. i could not concentrate in school (senior in high school) everything felt like a dream. i basically became really stupid.  i was seeing flashing lights. it was bad. once i got off of it everything i felt much smarter and better. i had many adverse effects to this medication."