Posted by galkeepinon on October 5, 2003, at 1:07:03
In reply to Depakote or Zyprexa - HMMMM, posted by Momof1BPKid on October 4, 2003, at 1:28:20
Wow, what a good mom you are!
I have been on both Depakote and Zyprexa. I gained weight on both of them~the most (30 in a month) on Depakote.
I also was on Topamax, and am thinking about going back on it. I lost 25 on that med and it helped my mood, just now realized that.
Maybe the Topamax can be increased to counteract your son's weight gain? OR, if you don't want to add med on med (which I TOTALLY understand), it sounds like your son does well by taking the Zyprexa in the morning. In my honest opinion, I truly think that the Depakote may be the cause for his recent added weight gain. I'm not a doctor.
Maybe you should talk to your doctor about either decreasing the Depakote or taking your son off it all together, you're right, it doesn't sound like the Depakote is doing much for him except making him *fat*, AND Zyprexa, taken in the morning may be all he needs right now since you said 'he has like no complaints the school says they never so (saw?) him so good, that was not happening when he only took it at night!'
Yep~these meds can be 'weird' (more complex than anything), but with the right combo, they can be life saving.
Hope this helped and good luck!!
Kristen
> Ok I am sitting here at 1 18am and I am trying to figure something out.
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> My son is on 100mg of topamax (50 in the morning and 50 at night) 7.5 mg of zyprexa (which I will be lowering to 5mg soon) and 1000mg of depakote. I just had this sudden revelation, I could be wrong tho.
> Ok for one my son does reallly reallly reallly well when he take 2.5mg of zyprexa in the morning! STRANGE? no! he has like no complaints the school says they never so him so good, that was not happening when he only took it at night!
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> 2nd. Bad news, he was 178 went down to 174, and now is up to 181 after starting zyprexa again, but actually had his depakote increased from 750mg to 1000mg as well. I just had this huge question mark in my mind about his weight gain.
> and wanted someones opinion. U know what? my son was on zyprexa before, with trileptal and paxil, last year sometime. but here is the thing...maybe he never took a high enough dosage or maybe he was not on it long enough,but he never really gained alot of weight at all! but I just had a revelation about how he really got fat as soon as he went on the depakote. i know zyprexa is famous for weight gain, but Ever since the switch from trileptal to depakote, i swear he just got fat! i wonder if it was the mix, or just the depakote alone?? DEPAKOTE HMMMMMMMMMMMMM??????????
> WHY DOES HE NEED BOTH!
> :)
> im wondering :)
> it didnt do much for him!
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> weird to me!
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