"i&#039;ve been on this medication for 1 year or even 2 years with 300 mg. i still have extreme mood swings and it doesn&#039;t help at all, i want lithium or other bipolar medicine - this doesn&#039;t work at all for me. 

i&#039;m really scared to gain weight while on some other medication because i already gained 20 kg from an antipsychotic medicine before but i can live with this. my bipolar illness gets worse and worse i still have a good medicine &quot;base&quot; tho. it&#039;s not as extreme as a couple of years ago but i&#039;m only 19 years old so i&#039;m looking forward trying something else."