depakote help please!

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I have been off of klonopin for 18 months now and have been off of antidepressant for 2 months.  I actually went off of antidepressant last summer and have tried to reinstate a couple of times and a couple of different antidepressants since last summer but they make me agitated so I have been with out an antidepressant for 2 months.  I can't handle the anxiety, depression, mood swings ,etc. that I am having.  My doctor wants me to go back on klonopin.  I have been in the hospital twice this year trying to get straightened out and am afraid I am headed back there if things don't improve quickly.  My doctor is thinking of putting me on either lithium or depakote.  Will either of the help with agitation and anxiety?

[[Je...]]

I was put on Depakote during a hospital detox.  It probably did help but it's a very bad drug. I would not take it again. Half of my hair fell out in a week. I was only on it for about two weeks. The doctor told me it can put ammonia in your brain and kill you. I asked if he had ever seen that and he said no. It has lots of side effects.

 

Jenny

[[Co...]]

Depakote almost killed my liver! It did help as far as I could tell.

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I gained 40lbs in 3 months of being on depakote, it made me really stupid as well.. Glad I didn't stay on it long..

 

Why don't you get into rigorous physical exercise?  I bet if you really got into it, your anxiety and other issues would fall away.  This is what the doctors don't tell us!!!