Posted by cache-monkey on May 10, 2005, at 1:32:44
In reply to Re: Darned dyslexic fingers, Depakote, GHB and sleep » cache-monkey, posted by theo on May 9, 2005, at 13:31:21
Hi theo,
I'm currently at 750 mg ER, having just reduced from 1000. I haven't really experienced any therapeutic benefit to speak of. For a while it felt as if the Depakote was making me worse off. Trouble sleeping. More depression.
Thing is that I'm not really on the manic end of the BP spectrum, spending most of my time in various down states (dysthymia, depression, dysphoria).
Only after reducing my Depakote dose to 750 and adding Seroquel (25 mg) for sleephave I actually started to feel mentally better . Physically, my appetite's still way up and my libido way down, though.
I know what you mean about the pdocs not listening. Mine tends to insist on pushing and pushing the dose of a med regardless of how I'm responding. I'm in the process of trying to find a new pdoc...
Good luck, and let me know if you have any further questions.
Best,
cache-monkey> What dose of Depakote ER are you currently taking, 500mg? Did you feel any theraputic benefits at 250mg? My doc just prescribed it to me and wouldn't even start me at 250mg, said 500mg of the ER was still a small dose.
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> I still wish he would have given me the opportunity to try 250mg but docs sometimes just don't listen because they aren't the ones having to deal with side effects!!
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> Le me know if Depakote ER is helping you and at what dose.
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