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Re: Does Depakote cause depression?

Posted by Susan Jane on September 17, 1999, at 22:17:53

In reply to Does Depakote cause depression?, posted by anon on September 17, 1999, at 1:32:47

Depakote didn't work real well for me because I had serious side-effects and wasn't able to keep real stable even at high doses. At one point when I was depressed for almost a week (I rapid cycle in the course of days if not hours) I tried Prozac and went into an awful mixed state with vivid suicide ideation. Anyway, I certainly was more on the depressed side with Depakote. I'm on Neurontin and very low does of Lithium and have been almost 100% stable for 4 weeks.

In answer to your last question, "...is it me or the depakote?" I'd guess both! :) Hey, these meds work differently for everyone. I'm playing the combo game now. Don't know how much you've done with that but the literature I've read says Bipolar II is better treated this way.

Good luck!

SusanJane :)


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