Aug 20, 2014 (Started Jul 01, 1995)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for bipolar rapid cycling)
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for panic disorder)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for tardive dyskinesia)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for epilepsy)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for difficulty staying asleep)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (poor stamina, feel like a zombie, poor working memory, falls, problems concentrating)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 4 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Resumed on Consultant Psychiatrist's instructions as withdrawal cold turkey made me "severely dysphoric"

Aug 15, 2014 (Started Jul 01, 1995)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for bipolar rapid cycling)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for panic disorder)
  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for tardive dyskinesia)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for epilepsy)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for difficulty staying asleep)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (poor stamina, feel like a zombie, poor working memory, falls, problems concentrating)
  • Adherence
    Never taken as prescribed
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 4 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Stopped taking it as kept falling over. Hurt myself badly, possible fracture of hand, arm in splint and sling from hospital. Now doing difficult cold turkey. But more alert and speech no longer badly slurred.

Aug 1, 2014 (Started Jul 01, 1995)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for bipolar rapid cycling)
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for panic disorder)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for tardive dyskinesia)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for epilepsy)
  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for difficulty staying asleep)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (poor stamina, feel like a zombie, poor working memory, falls, problems concentrating)
  • Adherence
    Sometimes
  • Burden
    Very hard to take
Dosage: 4 mg Daily

Jul 2, 2014 (Started Jul 01, 1995)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for epilepsy)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (poor stamina, feel like a zombie, poor working memory, falls, problems concentrating)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Very hard to take
Dosage: 4 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Also used, as in my case, for chronic tardive dyskinesia. But 4mg/day doesn't control it. Supposed to be addictive but I often don't take it so can't be craving it!!
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