Posted by JahL on November 3, 2001, at 16:56:14
In reply to depakote placebo effect, posted by JohnX2 on November 3, 2001, at 15:58:08
>
> I've always wondered why I got a placebo
> effect on sustained release depakote when
> *every* other anti-convulsant did something?
> The only thing the depakote did was give me
> a pain in my side and turn my stools green.
>
> Is this an indicator of some sort of >metabolism problem? I always thought >about taking depakene
> just as an experiment to see if it would also
> be a placebo..I've tried both (6wks into an VPA (Convulex) trial my pdoc decided it *had* to be Depakote). Fwiw the transfer was seamless, both agents having the same effect of reducing suicidal ideation, to the same degree.
J
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