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Re: does depakote have anti-depressant properties..? » ctrlaltndel

Posted by Ritch on August 28, 2002, at 0:50:50

In reply to Re: does depakote have anti-depressant properties..? » Ritch, posted by ctrlaltndel on August 27, 2002, at 16:27:44

> You mentioned Tegretol being helpful at times. That makes me wonder if you took Teg at a lower dose as a maintenance, might not it be better?
>
> I'd rather not take carmazipine(sp?)-(teg)makes me eat like a horse..if the depakote don't help the next would be tripetal..I've been taking the teg 400mg when needed as a sedative--not prescribed by doc My current pill popping :
> 225 effexor
> 5mg zeprexa
> 900 neurontin(been reduced Boooo!--found it just good for anxiety)
> 400 depakote
>
> Find out what your blood level is (after you have been on it at least a week).
> Hey Mitchiebabie I live in uk..at least 6 weeks till I get to see doc..I'll mention it though
> I need a new doc...
> > hope this helps,
> it does thanks again
> Dreamer
>
>

Hi again,

Well, be sure to tell us if Depakote (as opposed to Tegretol) happens to be less likely to make you "eat like a horse". Depakote has made me pack on serious pounds in the past. I bust my ass exercising like the devil (and watching diet) to keep it off nowadays (but it is worth not being a cranky old man). Zyprexa and Effexor can make you pack on the pounds too, you know. Oh, just an FYI, but Trileptal made me kind of "wired" and I didn't have much appetite when I tried it, like a stimulant of sorts. Perhaps in the future, you can swap out the Zyprexa for Trileptal (instead of Teg). That would be a Depakote+Neurontin+Trileptal+Effexor combo. Hmmm. That might work.

Mitch


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