I have been having trouble functioning at a level that I grew accustomed to after I was hospitalized back in May. For the past 2 months I went from taking Depakote ER to Depakote. I never knew such a slight change of medication could make such a huge difference. Good news is that my medicare insurance kicks in the 1st of November and it will pay for the Depakote ER. Supposedly the price for a month's supply jumped from $43.00 a month to $250.00 a month so I had to switch. Everyone around me says I'm a completely differently person when I take my medication so I now take it for me and them. I used to think I was smarter than EVERYONE else, not any longer.