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Depacote side effects
Sun, 08/24/2014 - 16:18Hi, my 18 year old has JME and has been taking Depakote for a couple of years. She seems to be very tired most days, although this has improved some since she began taking it at night. It also seems somewhat difficult for her focus. Most recently, she has been experiencing weakness since she began playing vollleyball. She has always been athletic; however; evern since she has been taking anti seizures medicines she does not seem to have the drive to play and she does deal with feeling weak and dizzy. Has anyone else dealt with these side effects or have any suggestions. She used to take Keppra but the weakness side effect seeme to be worse with that.
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You didn't let us know how
Submitted by just_joe on Sun, 2014-08-24 - 22:35
You didn't let us know how long she was on these medis. It does take time for her body to get used to the medications and the side effects do go away after 2-3 weeks. If her dosages are raised then that too does take a little time for her body to adjust. I was the spports nut in the family and I wanted to play on all teams. But parents wouldn't let me. The coaches called to find out if I could play this or that sport. At times when I had some free time I went mountain climbing but I ran to the mountain and the cross country te=rack was there. At times the team had just taken off and I asked if I could run with them. Yup a kid in jeans and tennies ran the same course as th track team in their spiked shoes and shorts. I would generally come in in the top 5. It takes time for her body to get used to her meds. As for feeling dizzy or weak those could be from some other seizures which she can be having without her knowing it since a seizure drains energy. If she takes meds 1 time a day keep that time the same every day. If 2 times a day those doses need to be 12 hours apart. The difference can cause breakthru seizures I hope this helps and she gets her seizures under control