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Re: Depakote questions » paxvox

Posted by Collete on August 14, 2001, at 9:52:36

In reply to Re: Depakote questions » Collete, posted by paxvox on August 14, 2001, at 9:45:55

> >
> > > > I don't know, MC, but that is one reason i poo pooed it when my Pdoc gave it to me. I take an aspirin a night for heart disease and stroke prevention, and do not want to give that up, also, it made me SO groggy during the following day that I felt like a zombie. I tried it for a week , then said "hell with this!" Back to my Pdoc on Tues. I am going to tell him no way I'm taking that crap! Too many side effects
> > for "just" a sleep aid, especially when the
> > benzos had worked for me.
> >
> > How many mg did your doc perscribe for "just sleep"? So far, I am just at 250mg and it doesn't do anything at all. Collette
>
> It was the 500 mg ER version.
>
> PAX

Well, if for some reason you & your pdoc decide to stay with Depakote, perhaps switching to the NOT ER version will help you in the AM. I am always drowsy in the AM, but I take so much stuff to sleep )& wake up in the middle of the night anyway for about two hours), that it's hard to know WHAT is causing the drowsyness.


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