From drug website: "It may take up to 4 weeks before your symptoms improve. Serious side effects: sudden numbness or weakness, especially on one side of the body; sudden severe headache, confusion, problems with vision, speech, or balance; Do not stop using ... suddenly."
A forum post was more colourful: "Has anyone else had any problems with ...? It really WAS making me go utterly bonkers. Seriously feeling 100% better since dropping that ****. Not as many emotional wobblies, can conduct a conversation without bursting into tears, no long sweat-ridden sleepless nights, no more wild and furious pseudo-intellectual arguments with myself."
Those first few days on new medication were rough. Somehow, while dealing with these side effects, Ben managed to travel for six hours on the Inter City Express, switch to a local train in Berlin then make his way back to the hotel. (Fortunately, they had a spare room.) Ben phoned after he got back. He was confused, very upset and unable to say more than a few jumbled words. Now, a few days later, with the dosages adjusted, he sounds and feels a bit better.
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