At the risk of serving as Debbie Downer's brother Dave Downer, and with the disclosure that I've successfully metabolized nearly 7 kilograms of Depakote over the past ten years, the FDA black box warning is long and frankly terrifying, including reports of fatal liver damage, birth defects, and potentially lethal pancreatitis. I don't mean to discourage you from trying the drug, but I had never been told of these risks by my prescribing physicians and I wondered if you had been.