Depakote?

[blacksoul004]

im getting ready to be on this medication and i was wondering if i could get any input from anyone else on it. side affects, or how it affected your daily life. thank you.

Heidi

[blacksoul004]

well i have a docter and if i wanted a MEDICAL response id ask her. im posted this to see people s personal views on how it has affected them, if they have tried it. im well aware of the medical results but i want to know common experiance. thank you

[Princessdaniella]

Differant People can react differantly to medications especially considering on their diagnosis and illness. You can search this medication on the internet and there will be Many websites giving You information on the medication and the side effects and things to look out for as well as being an information booklet inside the box for the medication.

[adel_ezz]

the best thing to consult the section on medications and mood stabilizers. many find depakote helpful but each person has a different view regarding certain meds. sure you went to see a pdoc and it's her/him who prescribed it. i don't know where you live and whether you saw a pdoc or a general practitioner. But you ought to have somebody around to help like a mother, father, siblings. i see that you are a member here since last april 2009 so possibly you already took drugs for BP and this is not your 1st.

abt the side effects, i heard some weight gain but some didn't gain any. again thinning of the hair perhaps. but apart from this i didn't hear any other side effects. pdocs differ in approaching the disease, some write lithium, or depakote or tegretol the 3 most classical drugs, some begin by others. so i don't think you will find a common view abt one drug

good luck