Is anyone here familiar with the drug Depakote? (http://depakote.com/)
It is what my shrink just prescribed. It is supposedly a mood-altering drug...though it seems to be used for bi-polar...
I also know that it can have some nasty side-effects...
Any thoughts???
'Delivered from distraction' by Dr. Hallowell says that it's a drug to use for bipolar disorder.my son is taking trileptal which is similar to depakote.... many people beleave that depakote is a good drug.. but after reading the many side=effects i decided on the tripletal....this drug has side effect also but it didn't seem to have as many as depakote.. My son is on 500 mg of depakote twice a day for moodiness. We haven't noticed any side effects yet. The only thing we have noticed is he eats like a horse--hasn't gained any weight yet but..Well, at the present time, I am not taking the Depakote. I didn't even fill the prescription. The list of possible side effects, the fact that my Sig-ot's mother took it and it caused her hair to fall out, and that I feel like the shrink is just guessing are good enough reasons for me NOT to take it.
I have not spoken to the shrink about this. I have also not been in contact with my counselor. I just don't think it was the right answer...and I am wondering if I somehow, for some reason (co-morbidity of some kind perhaps???) missed something on the Concerta. I have certainly been feeling out of sorts the last several days...