• Effectiveness

  Moderate (for epilepsy)
• Side effects

  Moderate (nausea)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Somewhat hard to take

Dosage: 1600 mg Daily

Advice & Tips: Lot of tablets (8 per day)

Cost: < $25 monthly

• Effectiveness

  Major (for bipolar disorder)
• Side effects

  None
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Dosage: 500 mg Daily

Advice & Tips: It is a remedy, which stabilizes a chemical condition and prevents from too sudden mood swings, so that having some experience you can notice and evaluate moods and - especially - overexcited and hyperactive emotional boosts. The remedy is effective in preventing manic conditions, though there is quite a lot of way to go in psychotherapy, healthy lifestyle, sports, positive attitudes, meditation or other methods in case of depression. But, again, the remedy helps to keep balance when some euphoria arises with the improvement of condition - and this is quite natural, as these are very positive emotions, when your hopes to get out of depressive states start to fulfill. So when taken regularly (obviously, in case of depression, mania or normal states), it is a lot of help in stability, which a lot of people who fought bipolar disorder more or less successfully in the past just didn't have.

Cost: < $25 monthly

• Effectiveness

  Moderate (for bipolar disorder)
• Side effects

  None
• Adherence

  Usually
• Burden

  A little hard to take

Dosage: 500 mg Daily

Advice & Tips: "Depakine" was effective when I had mania period. Yet constant use of it is more of a prevention against mania or other mood swings. It hadn't had any effect for depression and anxiety for me.

Cost: < $25 monthly

• Effectiveness

  Moderate (for bipolar II disorder)
• Side effects

  Mild
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Dosage: 750 mg Daily

Advice & Tips: I have found that since taking this treatment i have been able on good days sleep better and i have found that my thoughts are more stable and less busy and all over the place.. I have found that i feel more on a general mood level rather than just being right up or right down so with this i find that if im having a low day that i can cope with it better.