Posted by Janelle on April 1, 2003, at 23:41:02
In reply to Depakote dark deep depression, posted by Dreamerz on April 1, 2003, at 20:25:48
I had the SAME experience you did on 1000mg/day of what I heard on here referred to as "Depadeath". Got off the stuff pronto and came back to life ... for awhile.
I can't believe this, but almost a year and much, much suffering later, I am now on a very low dose of Depakote (250mg/night) with a low dose of Lithium + the rest of my cocktail and I (knock on wood) am finding that it is the Depakote added to the Lithium that is doing the job maintaining balance , fighting off irritability, impulsivity, anger, irrationality and also keeping the highs in control.
However, on 1000 mg of Dep last year I too was stuck in bed, comatose as my sister called it, and eating and going to the bathroom were both MAJOR efforts.
I can only suggest that you try a the lowest dose of Dep + a low dose of Lith, which I have read on the Net and have heard from pdocs can be effective for BiPolar2 (not sure if this is what you have).
SAR ... interesting ... my memory is shot yet I was thinking about her the other day ... she has been on my mind and I didn't know why ... G-d bless and keep her.
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