No! There is a real risk of having severe, life-threatening seizures, so it is imperative to see your Doctor Who will reduce the dose appropriately if needed.
No. It is not a good idea to stop taking any anti-seizure medication abruptly, even if you are not taking it for seizures.
My aunt who has alzheimers just started taking depakote. She already was on Paxil. Dr decreased the dose of paxil from 30mg to 20mg. She takes both paxil and the depakote in the evening.
It's the depakote that causes weight gain! Have your doctor find something else to replace it.
My son has been taking Depakote and Lamictal together for 2-3 months and was just diagnosed with Nystagmus. I just started looking into this but when I get more answers I will post them.
my son has been taking depakote since he was 7 years old. He just told me that his girlfriend had his baby. will the baby have problems? please give me as much information as possible we are very concern. sally
typically annually while you are already in for liver blood tests.
No, not all women are bipolar. Bipolar is a mental disorder, just like cancer, or having lost an arm. We all have problems but women get mood swings because of PMS, not because they are bipolar.
I take both Xanax and Depakote. I have been taking Depakote for 7 months and I just started taking Xanax with it. I also take an anti-depressant. I already am noticing that the Xanax trumps it all! I think I will stop taking my Depakote and take my Xanax and anti-depressant. I never liked Depakote because I get extremely fatiqued while on it and I really do not know what the hell it is doing to me anyways. In my case I feel so bad that I do not care about addiction right now and I just want to feel normal. Xanax I feel was made for some and not others. If you experience so much anxiety that it makes you break down and cry, then I suggest Xanax. Forget what people say and if it helps that is all that matters. Depression and anxiety are nothing to mess around with. I hope this helped.
I just started taking 1500 mg of depakote and my stomach is killing me. I can't eat and I'm drowsey and i get the shakes, these are all side effects of the drug. Answer A very common side effect with Depakote is digestive problems. I take 1000mg a day and whenever I have to go to the bathroom after eating I can easily get diarrhea, loose stool, or very soft stool.
no, they are the same drug just different release profile.
Well, for starters..if you feel like you were misdiagnosed with bipolar disorder then you really need to talk to your dr. Depakote is a very strong medication, and if you don't need it then you shouldn't take it. That's like someone taking medicine for high blood pressure when they don't even have hypertension. Depakote is used for many things like migraines, bipolar disorder, and to control seizures in people with epilepsy. I have taken Depakote since I was 15 and am now 25 and never had any "severe" side effects. I did have some sensitivity to sunlight in the beginning and some drowsiness, but those symptoms passed once the medicine got in my system and my levels were where they were supposed to be. You really should talk to your dr though and just explain to him/her that you feel like you were misdiagnosed. Hope this helps some:) (heres a new person writing in:) Also, you could have a lesion in the right temporal lobe have you ever had any neurologist test you for epilepsy, this is another disorder for which depakote is prescribed.. Often behavioral symptoms coming from righ temp lobe are misdiagnosed as stemming from manic depression and then one can be prescribed lithium which wont work--but Depakote does. Tgretol also may work, but its best to stick with what you know --and where the side effects are bearable-- rather than try a new med and risk bad discomfort. I have been thru all this. Symptoms from lef temporal lobe can be misdiagnosed as schizophrenia. Yerachmiel
A student who is bipolar and Autistic can be violent, however there is no reason to think that they will be just because of their diagnosis. There is no link with Autism and violent behavior, and although people with bipolar can be unpredictable and impulsive during a manic episode they are rarely violent towards other people (if medicated their condition will be managed too).
Cullen! and no he's not bipolar he just wants Bella to be safe.