Jul 21, 2011
(Started Jan 06, 2008)
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Effectiveness
Major
(for bipolar disorder)
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Side effects
None
(for Overall)
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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
Jan 2, 2009
(Started Jan 06, 2008)
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Effectiveness
Moderate
(for bipolar disorder)
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Side effects
None
(for Overall)
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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