Hey Pulpit !

I went through about 20 meds in the first 2 years or so of my DX.

Nothing was helping me to maintain any sort of stability....or the side effects were killing me .

I have been on Depakote for several years now .

My dosage is rather low 875 MG..where as most people take any where from 1500 to 2500 Mgs .

I had to work through feeling zombified the first year of Deapkote.

Lethargy was bad.

Side effects most common

Some hair loss
some weight gain
lethargy
blurry vision.

But the plus side is , Depakote does less damage to the body than many other meds.

I have found it to be a good med for me

Good Luck !

Depakote made my hair fall out. Im not really sure if it woeked well or not, i was on so many other meds. But i do know it was a pain getting bloodwork done every three months.

O my, don't like the thought of losing any hair ugh. Thanks for the info.

Yeah i had really long tbick hair it was coming out in clumps. Lucily when i stopped it, my hair grew back. Also a big weight gainer.

ya i was on so many other meds at the time , the only thing i really noticed is my hair thinning right out.

All the best to you
hugs

Lithium 10 years, Deprakote 6 years, Lithium another 5 - did great on both.....

Wishing you the same luck! LOL ok, not great, but they both Helped!

Been on both depakote and lithium...on lithium currently and love its treatment effect, hate the water retention. I loved Depakote because it reduced my daily anxiety better than anything other than benzos, which my alcoholism rules out now.

I did gain a fair amount of weight, but again it is so user specific. Some gain tons on lithium and nothing on depakote; I gained a lot on depa and just a few pounds of lithium, mostly water. At the end of the day, I went off depakote because it wasn't providing enough lift for the bottom, not enough depression support. . . but I wasn't on an adjunct AAP so maybe the addition of seroquel will add that bit for you.

good luck!