I have been on abilify and welbrutron (sp) and many other bi-polar meds. The thing is that I'm stable,but fat. I have gained too much weight with the meds,so after reading some post on here about topamax, I asked my doctor for some to help me stop eating so much. She told me the side effects,but I think anything is better than being fat and loss of hair LOL. I'm excited to try it. I just wanted to say thanks for people and their honesty about their conditions and what helps them. I know there is no medical advice here,but it does help when people share their ESH. I would have never known about topamax if it was not for people here.