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withdraw of depakote

Mon, 12/06/2004 - 23:43
hi.. i am a 32 year old female who has taken 4500mg of Depakote for 14 years.i have recently stopped taking it due to the swelling, weight gain and effects on my liver. i am now taking Zonegran. does anyone happen to know the side effects of coming off of that much Depakote? i would really appreciate any help you can give me.

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Weiht loss after depakote

Submitted by maguallo on Mon, 2005-09-26 - 20:40
Hi Juli, I also was taken off depakote once my doctor thought i was near child bearing age. I had gained a lot of weight on it. I was put on Tegretol and began to have a few seizures every few months. My doctor then added Topamax. I have been on Topamx for just over a year now. Within the first few months i didn't lose very much weight. A few pounds. The past 6 months the weight has been "falling" off. I have lost 50 pounds to date. I'm not super skinny. Just getting all that depakote and tegretol weight off. Hope everything works out! Mattie

Re: withdraw of depakote

Submitted by themedicineman72591 on Wed, 2008-07-09 - 14:09

i understand were your coming from i just got off my 1500mg of depikote and ive lost alot of weight in the past few weeks but when i found this wedsite i was so releaved to c that its not just me that going through the same withdrawls as me im only 17 years old and ive been on 1500mg for about 6 years know and ive been feeling like i dont even have to eat anymore or else if i do eat anything during the day it just comes back up the way it did if u can help me ween off the depikote it would be muchly apreacheated

Thank u

i understand were your coming from i just got off my 1500mg of depikote and ive lost alot of weight in the past few weeks but when i found this wedsite i was so releaved to c that its not just me that going through the same withdrawls as me im only 17 years old and ive been on 1500mg for about 6 years know and ive been feeling like i dont even have to eat anymore or else if i do eat anything during the day it just comes back up the way it did if u can help me ween off the depikote it would be muchly apreacheated

Thank u

I meant to say I'm on three

Submitted by bronx246810 on Sat, 2017-11-04 - 11:53
I meant to say I'm on three 250 mg. extended release, totallying 750 mg. 

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