Posted by n@oise on February 21, 2005, at 2:01:38
In reply to Re: Shedding More Hair Than My Dog...Bad Depakote!, posted by Minnie-Haha on February 19, 2005, at 17:39:29
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> I was on Depakote for a couple of years and did experience siginificant hair loss at first, but adding zinc and selenium did help. (Like you, I started with thick hair, so it never got too bad.) Eventually, I stopped because of the weight gain (in my case, 30 pounds - which caused me to get depressed) and I started having menstrual problems, too. Here is an interesting link about Depakote-related depletions.
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> http://www.umm.edu/altmed/ConsDepletions/AnticonvulsantMedicationsValproicAcidDerivativescl.html
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> BTW: I now take Trileptal instead of Depakote and I find it pretty weight neutral... I just have to watch my serum sodium levels on it at higher doses.
>thanks a mill for that link...i'll look into trileptal as well. i'm trying to get my pdoc to put me on topamax cos its good for cyclers and mixers like me! it's also well reputed to lower one's body weight, which i wouldn't object to.
thx again
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