Posted by SLS on March 19, 2006, at 20:33:04
In reply to Is this depakote withdrawal?, posted by becksA on March 16, 2006, at 21:04:42
> dx: mild cyclothemia, Anxiety Disorder, ADD
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> I'm tapering (not completely taking it away) my depakote. I have been on 1250mg daily, and went down to 1000mg a day. The first 2 days or so of that I felt EXTREMELY irritable, depressed, all around not good! That was 3 days ago now. Today (3 days into 1000mg I feel much better). Was that because of coming down from depakote? Thanks.I'm not sure. Probably. I doubt it was an unrelated coincidence. I'm surprised that such a small dosage decrease should produce that kind of withdrawal reaction. It might have been a kind of temporary rebound reappearance of the symptoms of your illness.
Was there an increase in anxiety too? Trembling hands?
I'm glad you are feeling better.
- Scott
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