Posted by blueberry on April 25, 2006, at 5:35:17
In reply to Why are so many people down on Depakote?, posted by greywolf on April 24, 2006, at 22:40:30
My only complaint with depakote was that it only provided good benefits for the first 3 days and then nothing after that. My mood improved dramatically and the mood swings stopped. But after 3 days, mood again dropped and the swings returned. Dosage increase didn't do anything except magnify the fogginess side effect.
The brain fog side effect was the only side effect for me, other than weight gain which was desirable for me. If the depakote had kept working, I would not have minded the brain fog. I just didn't want to have that side effect when the med wasn't doing anything for me.
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