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Depakote, Behaviors, and personality
Mon, 02/11/2008 - 19:22Comments
Re: Depakote, Behaviors, and personality
Submitted by cowgirlsan on Thu, 2009-03-26 - 05:08
I was diagnosed with seizures at age 3 and I am now 45. I have absence seizures and am going to be put on Depakote. I was on that while I was pregnant with my son, and now that was over 20 years ago. I do however know that while I was a kid and was on lots of different types of seizure meds, and I just wanted to let you know that kids with epilepsy do rebell just like other kids, but our brains are damaged by the seizures and so it may take us longer to respond to the correctness our parents give us.
While talkin to my mom today, she mentioned that I was a handful as a child, and that is because I had epilepsy and also ADHD, and was put on meds for both. I am going to be put on a med for my add again on friday. So I am hoping that the meds work with each other.
However, as a child, we have to remain seizure free if we want to drive. your daughter is too young for that, but she will have to consider that when she is old enough. we are limited due to our disorder.
hope all goes well
sandy moore
I was diagnosed with seizures at age 3 and I am now 45. I have absence seizures and am going to be put on Depakote. I was on that while I was pregnant with my son, and now that was over 20 years ago. I do however know that while I was a kid and was on lots of different types of seizure meds, and I just wanted to let you know that kids with epilepsy do rebell just like other kids, but our brains are damaged by the seizures and so it may take us longer to respond to the correctness our parents give us.
While talkin to my mom today, she mentioned that I was a handful as a child, and that is because I had epilepsy and also ADHD, and was put on meds for both. I am going to be put on a med for my add again on friday. So I am hoping that the meds work with each other.
However, as a child, we have to remain seizure free if we want to drive. your daughter is too young for that, but she will have to consider that when she is old enough. we are limited due to our disorder.
hope all goes well
sandy moore
Re: Depakote, Behaviors, and personality
Submitted by cowgirlsan on Thu, 2009-03-26 - 05:15
I forgot to add, I had troubles just like your daughter when I was in kindergarten, 1st grade and second grade. In Hawaii the doctors told my mom they thought I was retarded, but I now have a College degree so I am not stupid or retarded.
all you can do is just be patient and loving and helping her with the areas shell is struggling in. that is what my mom did for me. we played alphabet games, counted with flash cards and she would invite a few friends over. I was never allowed to be in a huge group of kids unless I was in school. I was watched like a hawk, and that was because mom was afraid for me because she knew the kids were mean. Just tell your daughter you understand she is having a tough time right now, but things will get better, and to be patient and she should work with you to where she is learning. time and patience is what you will have to learn, for we need extra time to calculate the directions given to us.
my email is sancmoore1@yahoo.com if you need to talk more or have any questions
I will respond
love and prayers
sandy moore
I forgot to add, I had troubles just like your daughter when I was in kindergarten, 1st grade and second grade. In Hawaii the doctors told my mom they thought I was retarded, but I now have a College degree so I am not stupid or retarded.
all you can do is just be patient and loving and helping her with the areas shell is struggling in. that is what my mom did for me. we played alphabet games, counted with flash cards and she would invite a few friends over. I was never allowed to be in a huge group of kids unless I was in school. I was watched like a hawk, and that was because mom was afraid for me because she knew the kids were mean. Just tell your daughter you understand she is having a tough time right now, but things will get better, and to be patient and she should work with you to where she is learning. time and patience is what you will have to learn, for we need extra time to calculate the directions given to us.
my email is sancmoore1@yahoo.com if you need to talk more or have any questions
I will respond
love and prayers
sandy moore
Re: Depakote, Behaviors, and personality
Submitted by amber495 on Sat, 2009-01-24 - 00:29
My little cousin who has autisum was percribed depakote and it made her have more mood swings, more break downs and more problems in genral.It got so bad that her mother had to ask for a depression med. also because it seemed like evrything they would try wouldn't work or would cause another problem and she also felt like you say, like her everyday was just a "constant battle" with her 12yr old daughter. But it really was the depakote that was causing the problems because now she's on Keppra and is doing a lot better so far.(3months now)I'm also on keppra for my tonic-clonic seizures and it works really good.I've had just three seizures since last year.try it.=]