"this is a great medicine.  many people don&#039;t know about using it as an alternative to ssris for mood stabilization, depression and bipolar disorder. i&#039;ve been on it for 1 year. the biggest benefits of this medicine is that it stabilizes my mood without feeling weird (fake, plastic, hyper) with very few side effects.  the sexual side effects and weight gain i experienced on prozac, and the restlessness and irritability of celexa and welbutrin, just don&#039;t occur for me on this medicine.  
the drawback for me has been a narrowing of my emotional bandwidth.  i rarely feel spontaneous excitement or joy.  this may be partly because of life circumstances, but i&#039;m certain that this medicine is also playing a role here. high anxiety, may not be related to this medicine."