Posted by Chloe on July 31, 2002, at 19:04:01
In reply to Depakote-Insomnia!?, posted by colin wallace on July 31, 2002, at 5:45:03
> Here's a curiuos one- although depakote has helped with my AD induced trip into orbit by calming me down, I have been unable to sleep since starting on it (5 days ago).
> I 'm still twiddling my...thumbs at 330 AM, and wake up around 10 am feeling like crap.
> That said, starting depakote roughly coincided with ditching zoloft, but it was only a tiny dose 12.5 mg- surely not enough to cause withdrawal?Then again, if a micro dose can cause an AD response (and a super agitated response), could it not also cause a withrawal syndrome.
> Maybe things will settle down.
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> Col.Col,
When I started Depakote I had insomnia. I was furious, it is supposed to be so good for anxiety and sleep. Well, over time, I would say three weeks, things leveled out and I could sleep througoh the night and anxiety was tolerable. But not at all how it was discribed to me.
I complained alot about it in the archives, I think...Mitch was pretty shocked that I couldn't sleep on the stuff!FWIW, I wouldn't for a second discount SSRI withdrawal from any dose, no matter how small...
Hope the depakote settles you down and you get a good night sleep ZZZZ
Chloe
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