"i am 26 years of age now but my mental illness of depression and panic attacks started when i was 15. i was then put on 20 mg celexa and klonopin 1 mg. as i got older it was like i could never control my emotions, i was up and down all the time emotionally and could never concentrate on college. so they put me on adderal 15mg to help my concentration issue...so that was solved. i still was riding the emotion roller coaster though. my doctor recommended a mood stabilizer, depakote...didn&#039;t work for me at all. i dealt with it for a while, but there was no in-between. i eventually had mental breakdown and within the next few months my counselor was talking to me about lithium. i was terrified of it but tried and i am the most stable i have ever been."