If a website is a cult

How do you tell if an online forum is a cult or not?

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Are there rituals?

Does it try to separate you from your family and friends? Are you instructed not to tell people about your participation?

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Do they have special beliefs, how do they view the world, what is their world view …

I think I’m having some problems with bumping up on topomax, I seem to be getting a little paranoid and delusional. Why would a mood stabilizer do that?

I’m sorry that you are having such a hard time with your med @tera.
My psychiatrist won’t prescribe me Topamax because she feels that it isn’t a potent enough mood stabilizer.
Topamax is usually a weak mood stabilizer.
Maybe you need something stronger for your symptoms.
You can certainly talk to your doctor about it.
In the meantime hang in there.

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Can you take something else for weight loss? Maybe the topamax just isn’t good for you.

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2040283/

http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2002000200019

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thank you very much