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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR DEPAKOTE | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
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| 5 | bipolar 1 | increased appetite; +15 pounds, but think its stable now. losing will be tough. | Escaped mania without wrecking life. What more could you ask? | M | 51 | 4 months 1000 mg 1X D | 5/8/2017 | 1 | one seizure | Brain fog. Lethargic, but feel like I always need to be doing something. Withdrawal from family, friends | M | 56 | 24 years 750 1X D | 3/18/2017 | 1 | Schizophrenia | It doesn't cure any symptoms.depression persists.sleeping disorder persists.i take it regularly night along dinner.doctor says it is preventive.dont accept this drug for any kind of depression as my liver became fatty induced by this drug.i became inactive and sedative.i feel lethargic throughout.i could not have regular sleeping hours. | I am relieved of depression symptoms by a genuine homeopath but I could not get rid of side effects of allopathic medicine.can any one come to my rescue | M | 52 | 2 years 500 | 1/20/2017 | 2 | Bipolar | Zombie. Emitionless...cannot even grieve the loss of my son! Weight gain. | F | 52 | 4 years 1500mg | 1/16/2017 | 1 | Sectioned. 1000 depokote 400 depot | Asleep day and night. Bald patches, sad, scared, no feelings, Zombie. Better of dead, reduce , impossible. Give it to you so they have peace, torture, cruel, your better of muddling throu life. | Poison, don't agree to take it, was given when I was section with depot clopxide let me out on a very large dose , and no one cares. I have no friends I just exsist, moved to a new area, so scared. | M | 42 | 4 months 500x500 | 12/28/2016 | 1 | Sectioned. 1000 depokote 400 depot | Asleep day and night. Bald patches, sad, scared, no feelings, Zombie. Better of dead, reduce , impossible. Give it to you so they have peace, torture, cruel, your better of muddling throu life. | Poison, don't agree to take it, was given when I was section with depot clopxide let me out on a very large dose , and no one cares. I have no friends I just exsist, moved to a new area, so scared. | M | 42 | 4 months 500x500 | 12/28/2016 | 1 | Bipolar | Hair loss , weight gain, depressed mood , wierd dreams, hungry all the time , miserable feeling towards well being | F | 21 | 3 months 1000 | 12/20/2016 | 1 | Bipolar disorder | The psychiatrist added depacote to other drugs while I was hospitalized as I was getting overloaded with meds it made me comatose w the combination. The dr. I had didn't know what to do was then sent to a state hospital that detoxes me of everything. Glad I'm alive and refer to depakote as something I'm allergic to so no dr in future puts me on it | Scares me | F | 49 | 1 days ? | 12/16/2016 | 2 | Epilepsy | As a study patient of Depakote I was told I was on the highest dose at that time, 28 years ago. It made getting my undergrad very difficult. Trembling hands, hair loss, weight gain, and cognition issues were just some problems for something that was so so, ay best. Everyone is different so it might help others. | M | 50 | 2 years 3500 1X D | 12/10/2016 | 1 | Stabilize my mood | Really bad diarrhea. So weak i can barely stand. Tremors severally in my arms. It spaces me out but I get insomnia from it. Feel a little paranoid also | M | 49 | 7 days 500mgs | 10/14/2016 | 1 | MiagrIns | Very bad mood changes exhausted loss of equilibrium can't stand feel as though I'm going to fall do not like this feeling at all | I am scared to death to take anymore I feel as if I'm so depressed that everything is closing in on me | F | 50 | 7 days 500 | 9/10/2016 | 1 | Bipolar disorder | Took this crap which was prescribed to me,and it did nothing but give me strange dreams and my stomach bloated out. I'm a very healthy 6'0" 215lb.man a I figured I would give this mild dose a try and it did nothing. So I went off it cold turkey and it's been a week and I am just starting to feel better. If you don't suffer from seizure disorder then don't take this crap.Who wants to gain weight and lose their hair? At my age that's a lot of the reasons we get angry that this happens and this Depakote will speed that up even more. | M | 53 | 2 weeks 125mg. Bid | 9/8/2016 | 5 | sezures bi polar disorder | What great with my moods and seizures but does affect your teeth | I can't seem to find if it shows up as a false negative in a drug test | M | 32 | 1 days 1500 | 7/9/2016 | 1 | Bipolar manic depression | After taking depakote I noticed Orange patches of discoloration o. My skin it's been a year since I stopped taking it and the patches start moving throughout my upper body what do I do | M | 18 | 6 weeks 1000 mg a | 7/4/2016 | 2 | Temporal lobe epilepsy | Major hair loss and anxiety. Fatigue. I'm going off slowly it now since it wasn't working and it's messing with my concentration. Now my menstrual cycle is out of whack. It's throwing off liver tests, causing strange right side pain. I worry about my hair and if I should get it cut short until is grows back thicker. | I also learned my quack of a neurologist put me on it without liver tests. | F | 38 | 7 months 1250 | 6/21/2016 | 1 | Bipolar Pola | At first experienced hallucinations then I had a tremendous amount of hair loss almost went bald and I had pretty thick hair | F | 62 | 2 years 500 millig | 6/6/2016 | 1 | schizophrenia effective disorder | Massive weight gain I gained 200 lbs I was 489 lbs do not take this med or zyprexa it's awful I can no longer walk and it's horrible trust me it's not worth the good times you will lose Christmas new years birth days and many friends I still can't walk and I been off the med a whole year now | M | 27 | 4 years 80 | 5/12/2016 | 3 | depression | weight gain. stable mood. that is the good thing the only thing I hate is the weight gain I'm going to have to join a gym soon. | F | 33 | 6 months 250 2X D | 5/1/2016 | 1 | Epilepsy (wrong diagnosis) | Daily diarrhea, Hair loss, Chest pain in the night, Weight loss, Menstrual cycle ruined, Difficulty to come up with words, Forgeting important things, such as name, passwords, id number, etc. | I was prescribed this med by a neurologist after one seizure. She diagnosed it as epilepsy. Took the med, and got those side effects. The most terrible effects are daily diarrhea and abnormal menstrual cycle. After the usual menstruation stopped for 3 days, I started to menstruate again for more than a week. Went to see another neuro, he told me it's not epilepsy after all and I have to stop the med immediately. A month after stopping the meds, I'm still having this terrible mens cycle. Twice menstruation a month, and they lasted 2 weeks. Never had it this long. Going to see doctor if this menstruation doesn't turn normal next month. | F | 24 | 1 months 500 MG 1xD | 4/17/2016 | 3 | Bipolar | Only side effect for me was extreme drowsiness the following day. I took it in the evening. But couldn't stay awake the next day. | M | 49 | 3 days | 3/18/2016 | 3 | biopolar | diarrhea, headache, nausea, sleepiness, unusual drowsing, dizziness, loss of strength and energy | 25 | 4 months 1500 2X D | 2/24/2016 | 4 | Epilepsy | I started at 250/mg per day and now 30 years later I am up to 1000 mg a day to function. I have three different types of seizures. They started when I was nine. We were told that the mood changes would happen and as my sister and I got older that there is the possibility of break through seizures. I have anxiety attacks now, and during my time of the month I have break through seizures. | About 5 years ago it finally caught up with me and the tooth decay has started. I have always taken care of my teeth like I am supposed to. Now they break and decay. Its embarrassing. | F | 39 | 30 years 1000 mg 1X D | 1/28/2016 | 1 | Stress, anxiety, depression | I became, angry, snappy, had horrible dreams so tired and worse of all suicidal. Felt like I was going plum crazy. My mother is a nurse and deals with this med often with her patients she immediately said stop it now. I stopped and am on my second day without it. I feel little drunk and light headed. But feeling better than before. Praying that's all the withdrawals I have with being on it only two weeks. My mother questioned this med from the get go from a nurses point of view it was extreme high dosage for someone who was not even suicidal to begin with. I was going thru a divorce and had a lot of stress in my life, new job, new home. I have not been so scared in my entire life. I now am concerned about my doctor and his actions we will b talking. | F | 48 | 2 weeks 500 mg | 11/29/2015 | 3 | Bipolar | Shadow creatures at night. Bad headaches, back pain, and Hair loss. | I was put on depakote and d-amphetamine mixed salt combo for Bipolar, lack of energy and not wanting to be around people. The very first day I took depakote I experienced a severe headache that sent a shooting pain down my spine if I moved. This lasted a week. It seemed to work well during the day. I was able to be around people without being afraid of getting angry or hiding to avoid being spoken too. Halfway in the second week I began to see quick shadow movements. I continued to take the medicine because it improved me during the day. About 3 months of taking the medicine I became paranoid before going to bed. I would see huge shadow spiders crawling on the floor or walls. When I would get to sleep I was awoken by a big bang sound and saw a bright blinding flash. I also developed a bald spot in my head. I was tooken off the depakote and a month after I developed little spots that traveled from my legs to eventually my whole body. It turned to sores that resembeled psoriasis and I had to shave my head because I had large bleeding patches. After being referred to several doctors and a few biopsys they said that it was the after effects of depakote that can linger on the skin several months after stopping the medicine. Will never recommend this medicine. I also want to note that my sons father was put on this medicine at high doasage along with seroquel and he began thinking that his own mother was pouring bleach onto his drinks and has become very unpredictable with his mood | F | 26 | 3 months 250mg | 9/25/2015 | 1 | Severe depression | Hair loss, acne, back pain, suicidal, more depressed than ever in my hole life. teeth problems. etc | It was heart breaking for me asking a psychiatrist for help with my sadness, and selling me the idea that depakote will help me, and then see how I was decaying mentally and physically. Mi hair, my skin, my mouth, and the panic attacks were horrible. I almost crash while driving. My doctor refused to take me off this drug, I did it my self. I dont need permission to get my life back! | F | 37 | 2 years 750 2X D | 9/6/2015 | 1 | Bipolar manic | It had me in such a "zombie" mode I did not feel bipolar. I had every tooth but wisdom, and took great care of them, never had a problem. Till months into taking this my teeth slowly started to decay and hurt and continued to get worse as I continuously brushed twice a day floss every night and mouth wash twice a day. Yet it continued to get worse and I never could understand the problem until I read that was a side effect to this medication, I stopped taking it the problems slowed down but still am having to catch up on getting it repaired which is EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE. | The worst medication, I would rather deal with bipolar in a more natural way, due to all the stress from that medication. There should be a lawsuit for this medication. It may not kill people itself, but it makes life miserable. | M | 30 | 2 years | 8/17/2015 | 1 | My son has epilepsy | My son loses motor skills he can't talk it comes out as babble but he knows what he wants to say his hands will curl up and his lip will go up i have gone back and tracked his logs of events and this started after put on this medicine he's also on dilatin for grand mal and that works but nothing for the partial seizures has anyone else had these side effects please email me at crystalself@live.com the doc doesn't know what this is but I want him off | Also lost weight appetite and when he does eat he ends up vomiting everything up so now going to check about a possible ulcer | M | 15 | 1 years | 8/15/2015 | 1 | My son has epilepsy | My son loses motor skills he can't talk it comes out as babble but he knows what he wants to say his hands will curl up and his lip will go up i have gone back and tracked his logs of events and this started after put on this medicine he's also on dilatin for grand mal and that works but nothing for the partial seizures has anyone else had these side effects please email me at crystalself@live.com the doc doesn't know what this is but I won't him off | Also lost weight appetite and when he does eat he ends up vomiting everything up so now going to check about a possible ulcer | M | 15 | 1 years | 8/15/2015 | 1 | Bipolar with episodes | I have alot of medical problems going on with me. So on day 2 of taken depakote I didn't know which of my problems to blame. The CDDD for the intense neck and back pain? Another stomach ulcer causing this burning all over my stomach? My Thyroid levels are low again, no energy? Depression hit hard, considering suicide...often, very often. And now no sleep and I was hallucinating in the dark. I finally started looking up all of these things and came to find out that it is the depakote doing this to me. Yeah I read reviews now saying it's just temporary, and it's so much better after a month or 3...but this is not for me! Oh and dry mouth, the 1 thing my doctor did say I would get. It sort of helped with me being angry/upset all the time. Now I just don't care. I lay in bed in pain, hungry but can't eat. Oh and painkillers makes it worst (would have been nice to know since I take percocet 2xs day for my Cddd). | My doctor swore by this medicine when he gave it to me. Now I'm waiting for him to get into his office to rip him a new one. He knew that I had my Thyroid removed and have gained 52lbs and keep gaining. I didn't something to make me gain more. And what's with the back pain seriously, what causes that? And why does painkillers make it worse, it puts me in pain and I can't even take an asprin to feel better. But to all of you who did stay on it with all these symptoms, good luck to you. After reading up on this med it's going down the toilet. (Weird how somebody would pay money to get high off of these, you couldn't pay me enough to go another 5 days. I guess it works for some, and I wasn't 1). | F | 33 | 5 days 250mg 2xd | 7/29/2015 | 1 | Bipolar | Hallucinations hand tremmors slowed motor function dizzy tired sea sick feeling | I was better without it | M | 41 | 1 months 450 | 7/29/2015 | 5 | Bipolar | Loss of appetite, mood much more stable ,kept me awake for about a week at nights then went away , causes some confusion,anxiety can be worse at first I take this with fluoxetine | F | 34 | 2 years 500 mg | 7/21/2015 | 5 | bipolar | Afternoon weakness, tired, no interest, ,anxiety | M | 54 | 10 months 1500 | 6/10/2015 | 1 | bi polar | Weight gain low mood | F | 42 | 3 weeks 750mg | 6/10/2015 | 1 | I was depressed about job I wasn't | Hair loss head hurts for no reason anxiety attacks sJorgensen disease hysterectomy intestinal problems .I don't know why doctor gave all these drugs I can't even keep a job so muck weight gain I look older. | Doctor should not put people on this drug? | F | 51 | 8 days 200 | 5/21/2015 | 1 | bi polar | Insomnia for the first 3 days and then out like a light the next 3 days, I haven't seen the sun in so long. Hair loss weight gain, 10 pounds in 6 days... | I srsly don't understand how a drug like this can be prescribed to people. I had some issues at my last job due to anger/anxiety/insacruities but man if I had been on this drug during that time it would have made everything worse. I've lost more hair in the last 6 days than I have due to depression and stress put together in the last year. I'm kind of freaking my self out because I'm not taking another pill of this crap and I'm worried I'll go in to some sort of seizure before my doctors office opens to tell her I'm no longer going to take this medication. I'm a little upset at my doctor because she did not tell me the full side effects of this drug and the issues it could cause me. I haven't been my self, when I lost my job I promised I would clean the house and cook for my husband every day, and I was until I started taking this medication. Now I don't want to leave the bed and I'm having more panic attacks than ever. I'm already over weight and gaining more is not something I would like to do. When I told my doctor I wanted to be put back on metformin for my pcos she just looked at me like I was stupid. My weight, anxiety and my pcos are my problems. Ugh I'm just so pissed, because of depakote I'm sitting here at 5am writing in this. Also if you have someone in your family that has had a bad reaction to this drug it's more than like you will too, they put my dad on it and 6 months later her was in a mental ward getting "dry". Sad thing is it was 100 bucks for 2 | F | 26 | 7 days 500 mg | 5/15/2015 | 3 | Anxiety/Bi-Polar | Hard to tell if it helps, really. I wet the bed once while taking it. Started to feel very bad physically but better mentally. Make sure to ask for monitored blood work with this medicine. I took it for a month, got off and just got put back on a lower dose with blood work being done periodically. Keep an eye on your urine and energy levels. Libido wasn't effected much. Made me a "zombie" to quote those around me but as far as mood swings, it helps. | Double-edged sword | M | 24 | 4 weeks 500 2x | 5/13/2015 | 1 | One seizure | I had one seizure during a forum. No problems throughout my life otherwise. I may not have another seizure otherwise also. Doctor gave DepaKote along with olimelt and arpizole. Did not stop depakote till my hands started trembling. One month after stopping depakote, I am having severe hair fall since last two months. Seems like I will go bald. I may not have had another seizure anyway. This drug is worse than poison. I was never given another chance and put on this poison.Now with this hair fall I do not feel like socializing | Sheer poison. Destroys life of a female. makes her bald | F | 40 | 7 weeks 1000mg | 4/26/2015 | 4 | Bi polar depression | Low back pain, weight gain 158 to 170, shaking hands | F | 31 | 10 days 500 | 3/30/2015 | 1 | bipolar disorder | Caused problems for me mentally. Was agitated and didn't feel right. | F | 42 | 8 months 1000 mg | 3/16/2015 | 3 | Mood swings. | To be honest. I don't really know. | Pretty good. | F | 29 | 4 years 1500 | 3/15/2015 | 2 | seizures an migraines | 30 lbs weight gain, really bad appetite spikes, hands shake all the time, memory is very bad now, causes upset stomach. | It took almost a year for my levels to be in the therapeutic range. It has controlled my seizures but is not working on my migraine anymore. I would not recommend this drug to anyone. | F | 41 | 1 years 1000 mg | 2/19/2015 | 1 | Epileptic | Constantly sleeping slurred speech mental disorientation weak confused insomnia | Stomach bloated severe stomach pain high Ammonia blood levels | M | 49 | 6 months 1500mg | 2/13/2015 | 4 | Migraine | Some memory loss but mild, short term insomnia, decreased appetite, lowered libido - but this was a big plus. Adding to the dose slowly instead of jumping into the recommended 1000 mg made things easier. The delayed release version was easier to tolerate than ER. | Migraine days down from 20+ per month to no more than 5. The side effects are manageable and seem to be improving as I get used to the medication. The first month I had 10 pain days, 7 the second, and now 5, and they weren't as bad. I would highly recommend a slow titration because this is my second try on this drug after a terrible experience when I was immediately placed on the 500 mg and went up to 1000 within weeks. I was totally against trying this again and a few months later I find myself telling my headache specialist Im not going off it unless I have to. I hope this helps others. | F | 36 | 3 months 250 3X D | 2/12/2015 | 1 | Bipolar II | First I noticed being sleepy, more depressed, no appetite, urination got more difficult although I drank a lot of water, low back pain ( kidney pains?). Anxiety went through the roof, didn't want to go anywhere, deal with anyone. Suicidal thoughts and plans almost always on mind when awake but no energy to do anything about it. Then came a day I threw a lot of things that were important to me away and that night I woke up looking at my clothes trying to find the blood on them, because I just knew I had killed two people and had to get rid of the evidence. When I didn't find blood, I looked for the rifle I shot them with thinking of getting rid of it or if I had been dreaming, I could give the rifle to someone so I wouldn't shoot these two people like I felt i needed to (In the sane world, I have no reason to harm these two people). It was around this point I realized I didn't own a rifle (or a gun) and that I was having a psychotic breakdown. I'm glad I had some sense left! I called my doctor and stopped the Depakote that day. I would have been hospitalized but have a great therapist who kept an eye on me all day, making me drink tons of water. I slept fine that night other than urinating as though I hadn't for weeks! The next day I felt almost normal just very weak and felt like I'd been through H**l and back! I am surprised this drug hit me this fast...scary too! I don't know how people take this drug but I guess that is why there is a variety of them out there, right? | I guess it bothers me a drug that is supposed to help one feel better (have less mood swings) instead has the capability of sending one into a psychotic state (my first and hopefully last). I'd like to see this drug re-researched for its many and potentially severely dangerous side effects! Doctors need to be educated so they can educated their patients also. | F | 57 | 4 days 500mg | 1/23/2015 | 4 | Bipolar 2 when lithium caused kidney | 140 pound weight gain in 8 yrs | How do I ease off of 1500? | F | 58 | 4 days 500 | 1/21/2015 | 2 | Bipolar 1, Mood Stabilizer, Anxiety | Weight gain( 20 lbs in 8 months ),trouble with memory and putting sentences together. My curly red hair has turned brittle and thin. I have neck and joint pain. I feel lethargic but yet stay up until the middle of the night then pass out from exhaustion. I see black dots when I look from the side of my eyes and sometimes it seems like I am seeing things. Feeling like I can't drive for more than a few minutes without feeling extremely tired like I'll fall asleep at the wheel. | I was an undiagnosed bipolar for most of my life (until 8 months ago). This drug seemed like the answer to my prayers. It did stabilize my mood but at what cost? I can't for coherent sentences and often trail off and feel embarrassed around peers. I am very concerned about my appearance and none if my clothes fit now that I am 2 jeans sizes bigger ( who can afford an entire new wardrobe in 8 months? ) I stopped taking it and I told my doctor that I didn't feel comfortable taking Depekote anymore. He supports me and it's been a week cold turkey. Keep in n mind I have no major problems like some people that have posted ( seizures or brain surgery etc ) and I would never try to stop this medicine if that were the case. However I want my control back and my personality back. I want to be me again and not feel like I am just skating by and suddenly 10 years pass and I am 50 lbs overweight,more depressed about that and wondering where my life went. | F | 35 | 8 months 500ER 2X | 1/17/2015 | 5 | Bipolar 1 | Hand tremors (remedied with Primidone); Memory loss (no remedy); Hair loss (remedied by Bosley for Women). | Depakote has been my go-to drug when the lithium just isn't "holding down the fort". Have had to recently restart due to family problems. Depakote is a good drug for mood stabilization, but with side-effects, which really, any drug has. | F | 53 | 15 years 1500 1X D | 1/5/2015 | 4 | bipolar | Weight gain,no energy,experienced seizure first time ever. Creativity gone. | When wellbutrin was added to my regimen, I felt great. Body only likes taking 500mgs. Of depakote. | F | 50 | 10 years 1000 | 12/16/2014 | 1 | Seizures | I have severe hand tremors from this drug. I am. Always writing and it is almost impossible. I can't hold a glass or anything still. Picking up a fork to eat is impossible. I also have weight gain and have been dieting. Doctor lowered dosage from 2,000'to 1500, still terrible. I MUST get off this drug. Don't take it if at all possible. | M | 68 | 1500 1X D | 12/12/2014 | 4 | Bipolar | Occasionally weird dreams/talk in sleep, short term memory loss, major weight gain | My doctor just upped my dosage from 2,250 to 2,500. Seems so high compared to what I'm seeing on here does anyone else take this much!? Reason was I told her I have hard time concentrating | F | 37 | 5 years 2,250 | 12/1/2014 | 4 | bipolar 1 | I had taken Depakote ER for about 6 years asking with lithium. Altogether atv one point I took a 1500mg of Depakote ER and I think 750 or 1000mg of lithium. I was very stable. But hand tremors were extrem. So I eventually was taken off lithium (because I thought i might be pregnant) and stayed on Depakote at the lowest dose of 750mg er... and things were good I was very happy I was not in any danger of getting into manic phases. I don't drink or use drugs in almost 8 years sober. I had a busy job that I loved which looking back I think made a HUGE difference. And had to switch my medication from the ER to the regular because of medication cost. So I took my 750mg 2x day once in the morning and 2 pills at night. I eventually lost my job and became extremely depressed so my dosage was upped. To 1000 mg one the am one in the afternoon 2 in the pm. But lately. I'm tired again my moods are extremely all over the place. I just want to sleep my life away. Im not sure if I'm over medicated or under medicated. I know pills are not magic but I've been really good about being in tune with my body. My dude affects errre different than most I used to have a b&b major sweet tooth but when i started Depakote it took that away...I was happy and sad about it. I do feel like lately I can't think I have headaches all the time and im having trouble processing things at my new job. I also am not really happy at this job. So I plan on reaching out to my Dr. And asking if I can decrease My med | F | 42 | 8 years 1000mg | 8/29/2014 | 3 | Bipolar I - manic episode | Worked great for mood issues but I have IBS and other stomach problems and it made those a million times worse. I was throwing up and constantly nauseated and had heartburn. I never have side effects other than the same kind with lithium. Onto the next drug.. | F | 24 | 3 weeks 1500mg | 8/8/2014 | 5 | anxiety | hair loss | good stuff | M | 39 | 3 years 250 3X D | 7/15/2014 | 4 | bipolar I | In the beginning my appetite increased exponentially, and therefore so did my weight. I also had slight nausea, & I had trouble finding words and had mild brain fog. But after about 2 months those side effects disappeared and now the only side effect is a pretty persistent drowsiness. It's worth it to continue this drug for a few months at least, because it does work. My moods are so much more stable, they don't fluctuate the way they used to and I'm able to experience emotions in between just the black amd white. | F | 25 | 4 months 500 mg | 7/1/2014 | 3 | Bi-Polar | Lack of ability to concentrate / focus, Depression, Fatigue, some tremors - but most only at start | M | 43 | 3 years 2000 mg 1X D | 6/3/2014 | 1 | bipolar | Weight gain, drowsiness, slight hair loss | M | 27 | 1 years 1500 | 5/20/2014 | 1 | Bipolar II rapid cycling | Major hand tremors - was embarrassed to even hold objects in public my hands would shake so badly. Total loss of passion for my work as an artist. Literally my drive for life evaporated along with my usual energy and humor. Confusion, memory loss, inability to complete thoughts or sentences (I literally felt myself becoming stupid), major fatigue and lethargy, wandering thoughts - feeling like I'm in a weird trance, brittle hair that just started breaking and falling out. Didn't really gain any weight but did have acid reflux and constipation. No sex drive. I was on Lamictal and Tegretol, ended up in a psych hospital after an episode. I was taken off the Tegretol and put on Depakote. It definitely DID HELP my rapid cycling but turned me into a zombie with terrible side effects that caught up to me. So manic, depressed and crazy or a zombie with no hair?? I'm currently withdrawing from it now but was tapered off in only a week because it affected the Coumadin levels; the blood thinner I had to take after recently ending up in the ER and hospitalized for 10 days after having mini strokes due to a dissected carotid artery with NO EXPLANATION. Depakote? I had migraines every night for two months and went through 3 very decorated doctors before they found the dissection. I could have died. Could I have been that 1% or whatever that could have had a stroke because of this toxic drug that stole a year+ of my life? Withdrawal: flu like symptoms, no energy, tremors, headaches, backach | F | 29 | 1 years 1500 | 3/30/2014 | 1 | Seizures | Weight gain, stomach aches, hairloss. Seizure free now and off meds, but still losing hair after 4.5 months without meds. I was told it would reverse! Never lost the weight. Hyper and memory issues. | F | 9 | 10 months 125mg 6X D | 3/29/2014 | 1 | Bipolar | Sheer poison, tremors, disturbed sleep, nauseated,hair loss, no improvement. Would like to sure the bastard that prescribed it. | Off medicine now, just take klonapin and receive therapy. Feeling relatively good. | F | 75 | 3 months 30 3X D | 3/21/2014 | 2 | headache | shakey blured vision fell out of bed confussion | short of breath chest pain | F | 58 | 6 months 2X D | 2/6/2014 |