DEPAKOTE Reviews (DIVALPROEX SODIUM)Average Rating: 3.0 (584 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare DEPAKOTE with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR DEPAKOTE | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | Anxiety | Not much because it helped so much. Once in while maybe a slight tremor. Same weight as before. | Maybe I am just a lucky one who does not get anxiety as a side effect. This makes me confident and controlled beyond belief. I take it with Remeron to help me sleep. Greatest drug I have ever taken. Dosage 250mg 3x a day Extended Release. | M | 7 years | 4/28/2007 | 5 | Bipolar | Hair thinning, some weight gain (very small amount) | I really believe in this drug. It is important, at least for me, to take the drug at the correct time each day. Do not skip doses. I was on Lithum (spelling) for about a year . . . 20 years back, it did not work for me. I can really focus with Depakote. I am not happy with my hair, but I LOVE my life now. The correct dosage is really important. Work with your doctor. | F | 15 years | 11/11/2008 | 4 | seizures | I have been taking depakote for 9 years but I just started to notice hair loss and until I looked online I had no idea that this medication had that side effect. This is the only medication I've ever taken for my seizures and it's worked fantastic up until now. I'm calling my doctor tomorrow to find out what can be done, but I am bummed about the possibility of going off the medication. | F | 9 years | 4/21/2009 | 4 | Epilepsy | F | 10 years | 10/29/2002 | 4 | TBI's | Great medication to be on thus far!! I don't want to get too excited as it's only been 7 weeks That I've been on it. But my thoughts can finally calm down, I don't get riled up about everything that's not worth it, or replay unnecessary or have irrational thoughts. I'm much more easy to talk to than I've ever been, carefree, free spirit, This is what semi normal feels like!! Those closest to me have noticed a day/night difference. I haven't felt this relaxed since a kid!! | Side effects: constipation, nausea at first, following conversation at times. | 0 days 2000 mg 1X day | 5/8/2022 | 3 | aggression/bi polar/alcohol severag | Like many i've noticed lack of concentration,forgetfulness and tiredness.Can sleep almost 20hrs a day and still feel tired.Also noticed it has cut my ability to share everyday things with friends and people around me.Sudden mood swings lke surfing i suppose.For a while i can on the top of the wave the next i can be drowning in sympathy.Not for others but for myself.I've been taking 1500mg for almost 18months and when i tried to cut down i couldn't cope with everyday situation but knowing how it makes me feel i'd rather bare it.Sometime confusing as i can't really say if it comme depakote as i'm taking paroxatine for depression and alprozolam for anxiety. | has helped in controlling agression but have lost sense of the speed of things.Feel slower than i was.Spending curbs,where i don't realise what i spend or where the money goes but don't pay bills on time yet without stressing when in debt.Not sure if it come from depakote but loss of sexual feelings.Yes excitement at the thought but can longer without having my orgasm.Doc has said its the paroxatine but is really this as i need boths meds. | M | 18 months | 4/8/2007 | 3 | Epilepsy | Hair loss, weight gain, tired, tremors (arm/leg movements) hard to keep balance. Moods changed a lot. Took Xanex for anxiety issues and it wood push my mood the other way. Still on it been on it since age 13. Now taking 2000mg a day. | I believe I'm seizure free now, growth spurt related, but can't get off the stuff since I won't be able to drive for six months as they wait to see if I'm okay. Been on drug for 18 years. | M | 18 years | 8/20/2006 | 3 | | 4/13/2006 | 2 | migraines | didnt work for migraine headaches | none | F | 1 days | 1/15/2005 | 2 | seizures | Sence the beginning, I have had many dizzy spells. Cant walk a straight line. I have had to sit in the middle of walmart floor, thinking i was going to have a seizure( which did not happen) I was just so dizzy. Loss my train of thought. Within the last week, ive been constantly dizzy. Seems to be getting worse. I dont want to leave my house. It scares me to death. I see things in the corner of my eyes. Sometimes I feel my eyes roll. Feels like im going to fall down. I feel tremors, i was thinking it was my nerves though. Ive been thinking i was worrying so much about the way i feel, it was tiring my nerves up.Im always tired and ive gained 20 pds, sence Jan. My main concern now is why am i so dizzy and why did it suddenly get worse? | I have only had 2 seizures my whole life. One was just in nov,2006. I was allergic to other meds, then around Jan. was put on this. I wanna go off of it really bad, just dont want to have no more seizures. What should i do? | F | 6 days | 7/27/2007 | 2 | Moods | I liked this medication at first as it calmed me down. It now after being on Depakote for a year, my apartment is a mess, I'm numb to everything around me, I'm tired all the time + gained a extra 30 lbs = 47 total. that lowered my self esteem. I'm also grieving. However.. I know it's the Depakote it slows down metabolism. I don't recognize myself. Who have I become? Looking to lower/get off after I get off another med. | Not worth the side effects. | 1 years 1500 1X day | 5/5/2023 | 1 | Misdiagnosed bi-polar disorder | Confusion, slurred speech, inability to understand simple questions, weight gain (50 pounds in a year), hair loss, clinical paranoia, and made diabetes much harder to control. | Idiot shrink diagnosed bi-polar based on one period of insomnia 10 years earlier after losing a child, moving, divorce & career change, all within 6 months. I have been off of it over 7 years, and still suffer from slurred speech, increased pain and fatigue "brain fog", inability to answer questions, especially about things like preferences, social anxiety, etc. when ill or fatigued. It apparently caused permanent neurological damage. I am also still frequently irritable, snap at family and friends more easily, and occasionally exhibit signs of paranoia - e.g. thinking that Dr. & others were trying to kill me. My overall stress tolerance is greatly reduced, and I have been taking Wellbutrin since then, and xanax and vicodin occasionally to help with the residual anxiety and extreme pain. | M | 2 weeks | 5/20/2009 | 1 | bipolar 1 | brain atrophy, loss of iq | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=9578009 | F | | 10/6/2007 | 1 | seizures | very bad weight gain.(60 pds). very drownsy at first. I was one of the people that experienced all of the negative side effects. My menstral cycles were always messed up!!!!! | I just do not reccomend. | F | 6 days | 4/28/2006 | 3 | seizures | my 3yr old takes it for seizures he has pain in joints mainly legs and leg cramping, can't stay asleep for long wakes up sceaming every night from his legs hurting even when he is asleep he is restless, loss of coordination, it stopped the seizure but I am going to see if the doctor can try something else | M | 3 | 6 months | 1/18/2009 | 1 | Seizures | Seizures, pins and needles in hands and feet | My Son was on this medication and it made him so scared. He's only five, so he didn't know why his hands and feet felt like needles were poking him in his hands. He would start screeming and we couldn't figure out what was wrong, until we read the side effects. After one week of being on this medicine, he was having 5 minute seizures, every 1 1/2 hours. It was awful. | M | 5 | 10 days | 7/30/2005 | 2 | Absence Epilepsy | Waking up in the middle of the night, frustration, aggitation, behavior changes, lack of appetite | DID NOT WORK FOR MY 6 YEAR OLD diagnosed with ABSENCE EPILEPSY | M | 6 | 4 months | 3/19/2009 | 1 | child onset bipolar | My son is 6 and taking two 250 pills a day and had become Extremely aggatated,aggresive,hyper,uncontrolable thirst,talking about death and wanting to die | M | 6 | 14 days | 8/17/2007 | 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 day | 3/29/2014 | 3 | mood problems, aggression | my son has had severe weight gain- about 50 lbs. He is lethargic. He is not longer aggressive but my active little boy can barely run anymore because of the weight | M | 10 | 8 months | 7/17/2007 |
DEPAKOTE (DIVALPROEX SODIUM): This medication is used to treat seizure disorders, certain psychiatric conditions (manic phase of bipolar disorder), and to prevent migraine headaches. It works by restoring the balance of certain natural substances (neurotransmitters) in the brain. FDA Approval Date: 1983-03-10 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)