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Old Mar 17, 2012, 01:33 PM
bipolarmedstudent bipolarmedstudent is offline
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Originally Posted by bluematador View Post
I have the opposite experience with depakote. It knocks me out in the evening and makes me lethargic all day. My neurologist says everyone reacts differently to the medications. I lose weight on all the medications while most others gain weight. I always look like a skeleton.
It does make me lethargic, but I wake up in the middle of the night, I think when the drug is leaving my system.
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age: 23

dx:
bipolar I, ADHD-C, tourette's syndrome, OCD, trichotillomania, GAD, Social Phobia, BPD, RLS

current meds:
depakote (divalproex sodium) 1000mg, abilify (aripiprazole) 4mg, cymbalta (duloxetine) 60mg, dexedrine (dexamphetamine) 35mg, ativan (lorazepam) 1mg prn, iron supplements

past meds:
ritalin, adderall, risperdal, geodon, paxil, celexa, zoloft

other:
individual talk therapy, CBT, group therapy, couple's therapy, hypnosis