Symbyax for Bipolar Disorder User Reviews (Page 2)
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- Taken for 6 months to 1 year
- November 14, 2022
"I have bipolar disorder. I’ve been on Lexapro and Prozac just by itself. Lexapro made me feel nothing, and Prozac was better, but it did nothing to control my hypomania, and I had delusions while taking it. I tried out the Symbyax combo for about 6 months. I was tired. I was so tired all of the time. I only wanted to sleep and eat. As somebody who suffered from severe insomnia from birth, that was helpful, but I slept 20 hours a day on my days off. It gave me tremors in the morning, and my heart raced, but that went away. It got me through my days, sure, but I was 130 lbs at the start of the treatment and was 180 by the time I pulled myself off of it. I’m 5’0, mind you, and that was horrible. I will never use this ever again. It wasn’t worth it for me."
- Anonymous
- March 30, 2008
"I've only been taking this for a little over a month, and I can already tell a big difference. I feel 10 times better."
- lab...
- Taken for 1 to 6 months
- February 18, 2015
"I've been on this medication for 2 months, and this is the best I have felt in the 4 years since I was diagnosed with bipolar I. Only problem is I've gained about 10 pounds."
- Anonymous
- August 12, 2008
"Been taking it for about one month. Feel like a new person."
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- March 10, 2009
"I have been on this for almost a year and a half now. This medicine has changed my life. It has worked wonders for me."
- Anonymous
- August 28, 2020
"This medication, Symbyax, saved my life! Had tried everything else."
- Jef...
- January 16, 2015
"While it helped with the disorder, I gained 40 lbs in 5 months. I stopped taking it 6 months ago, and I already lost 30 lbs."
- tim...
- June 3, 2010
"I was diagnosed with bipolar I four years ago. I have been on Symbyax for two years. This medicine is really awesome, but after a while, it loses effectiveness. Will see about increasing dosage."
- Anonymous
- October 17, 2010
"Helps against sadness and strongly counters moderate urges to drink at a stressful, confusing time in my life."
- mar...
- December 28, 2008
"This medicine worked for me, except the side effect of swelling feet and ankles, and pain in the ankles. I stopped the medicine on my own due to the swelling."
- Anonymous
- November 25, 2008
"Have been on it for one week and showing improvement."
- swe...
- October 23, 2016
"Depression and listlessness, loss of appetite."
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"Was diagnosed bipolar 1, ADHD, and GAD at 18 and am now 38 and have taken a large gamut of the medications available on the market. Two caused Stevens-Johnson syndrome, some have caused rashes, some cycling. Some severe depression. Some hypomanic. I was on Latuda and gabapentin, and Adderall for ADHD for 8 years and thought I was feeling pretty great, however, I developed TD and had to stop. After several attempts at some newer meds, we settled on supposedly the tried and true Symbyax. I have spent the past 3 years feeling amazing. Legitimately, every single person in my life has commented how I’m much more relaxed and easygoing. I’m able to do things I don’t recall doing in my adult life, like travel or drive at night without severe anxiety. I haven’t cycled in 3 years and while I’ve had some ups and downs like everyone does, it’s manageable and I’m able to function and work through it. HOWEVER, the 46 lb weight gain is my breaking point. Weaning off back to the drawing board."