depakote/ sedation

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Registered: 07-14-2005
depakote/ sedation
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Wed, 08-02-2006 - 11:26pm
Has anyone stareted depakote and had a really hard time with tiredness. I spent all weekend in bed. Today it's been a week of taking it and still I could barely get out of bed for the pdoc at 11:00 to shower in time for pdoc then came home and went back to sleep from 4-8. Won't be long till I'm tired again. He wants to know how I am... well am I just REALLY tired from the depakote? Or so depressed it's tiring me out? I'm confused... if anyone has had this problem how long did it take for it to go away?
Thanks guys!
Meg
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Registered: 04-07-2002
Thu, 08-03-2006 - 9:04am

I had a BIG problem with that on Depakote, and it never went away. I'm not a pdoc, but I would try you on something else at this point. Have you considered Neurontin or Topamax?

Express!
Beth "Petrouchka"

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Registered: 05-02-2006
Thu, 08-03-2006 - 12:16pm

I'm on depakote and am always tired. The only thing is, I'm on so many other meds that I can't say if it's the depakote that does it, or another one, or a combination of all of them. I would definitely talk to your pdoc and see what he/she says. If it is the depakote, as Beth suggested, maybe you could switch to something else.

Good Luck:) Keep us posted.


Hugs,
Traci

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Registered: 09-14-2003
Thu, 08-03-2006 - 1:48pm
I've been on depakote for almost two months with really no side effects that I can tell. I was tired the first few days, but my doc had increased my Paxil, so I figured it was from that.
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Registered: 07-14-2005
Thu, 08-03-2006 - 4:39pm
Hmm I'm actually just being to think it's just depression and he's going to have to add an AD eventually.
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Registered: 04-11-2006
Thu, 08-03-2006 - 11:49pm
I am on Dep.... I am new to this meds. I was almost permanently sleepy & tired on my former celexa and Trilepthal. I complained so much of the being so sleepy and tireness and sweating, oh my god the sweating!. I hate it. And a few other problems. My tdoc covinced me that she needed to get my mood contorlled as much as possible first. So I should stop the celexa altogether. Besides she thought most sweating was from that. I have only been on the depakote for 5 days. But I am not tired yet. But, Coming from where I was at physically before, anything is better after that.