Posted by Caedmon on April 24, 2006, at 23:35:06
In reply to Why are so many people down on Depakote?, posted by greywolf on April 24, 2006, at 22:40:30
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> I keep reading horrible things people have to say about Depakote, yet about 6 weeks in and it's one of the easiest meds I've ever tried. You name the SSRI, SNRI, NDRI, TCA, and I've been on it, and almost all of them have SEs I found intolerable in light of their relative therapeutic ineffectiveness.
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> While I've obtained at least some mood stabilization from Depakote at 1250mg/day (not much, but enough to notice) with just slight fogginess and some vision blurring that I can't really tag Depakote with, it's a far cry from the typical SSRI SEs I experienced (moderate to severe fatigue, nausea, dizziness, etc.).>>Hey greywolf, I don't know the answer to your question but I have sometimes felt that mood stabilizers get a bad rep. The anticonvulsants can be pretty tolerable actually. I mean, they're not perfect, but neither is some of the stuff you go through on antidepressants.
I have my eye on Depakote for future use, I might want to try a valproate. I guess males tend to tolerate valproates pretty well, and I tend to only need subtherapeutic doses of AEDs for them to help my bipolar disorder. So, it would probably be a decent pick.
Best of luck with Mr. Divalproex!
- C
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