User Reviews for Depakote ER oral

pharmacy can not find Depakote in all of the country. my son needs this medication to function.

I have tried others for bipolar like effexor but it had terrible side effects, like mini shocks and it didnt work, I've been taking depakote for years and when I have tried to go w/o it for like two months b/c thats what bi-polars tend to do stupidly, they had to do a baker act on me, I will never try to do this again I hope.

This stuff saved my life. I was prescribed everything else for over a year and on my second hospitalization (I was involuntarily committed), they decided to try this. I woke up on the third day, and I was "back." The relief was immediate, profound, and, dare I say, permanent. Amazing.

It worked the very night I started, but the side effects are a little scary.My face got bloated,I started putting on weight within a week's time,and the only option is to hit the gym,as the medication WILL put your weight will.

I have been taking Depakote ER for over ten years now for seizures due to a head injury. Side effects for me have been weight gain and tremors. My neurologist prescribed clonazapam for my tremors and it has worked very well. Another benefit is that it also is anti-seizure. I take 750 mg Depakote ER daily and .5 mg clonazapam twice a day.

causes sleepiness and headache at first but i feel great now

It started helping me fairly quickly,but after about 2 weeks into taking it I started having extreme hunger issues. I would eat normally then about 15-20 minutes later I would feel like I hadn't eaten all day. I tried drinking water before and after meals to make it subside, but that hasn't worked. The hunger issue seems to get worse as evening approaches. I have gained weight and am NOT happy about it! I have talked to the doctor and right now we have decided to keep me on it a little longer. We are trying to find something to counter-act these symptoms. Other than these side effects this medicine seems to be helping keep me from crying one second to being extremely irritable the next. I was all over the map emotionally from crying at a commercial to snapping at my poor cat for no reason. It is so difficult to decide whether the side effects are worth the good things that it does.Read More Read Less

10 day taking of medication after the 2nd day could tell signifciate improvement! Day 3 Pain free!

Pills too large and hard too swallow

I have been happy taking it until the recently and whammy. I have taken it since since 1986 and that is a long, long time!!! Way to long. Now I am having serious tremors, lots of bleeds, bruises, and hair loss! The list goes on... I am blessed by the fact my Neurologist is weening me off of it and now time to another. I pray it's not Lamictal. There are lots of serious side effects of it.

its working sometimes I still get shaking and headaches but there not as strong as they were.

I gained about 35 lbs in 6 weeks taking Depakote ER, could not sleep at night, felt even more depressed, was not motivated to do anything and had horrible bloating. I would not recommend this drug to anyone.

I yous it for pain and bi-polar

Depakote ER has been extremely ineffective in treating my Bipolar Disorder. This drug makes me extremely restless, agitated and I cannot sleep at all while taking it. I do not recommend it.

WORKED GREAT I WAS SOOO EXCITED FINALLY HAD A MIX OF MEDS THAT WAS CONTROLLING THE MOOD SWINGS AND THEN I BROKE OUT IN A RASH. Allergic reaction brought me down... Time to start all over and it's making me frustrated.