Horror stories win extra points? Well, when I was taking Depakote - which I did for a year, I think -- I had unremitting diarrhea, the kind where I had almost no notice that I needed to go and would poop my pants on a regular basis. So I fear Depakote probably the most of all psych medications; it was so toxic for me.

No one believed me that the diarrhea was caused by the Depakote, either; I had to take myself off it and get back to normal bowel movements before my doctors believed me. After that, they tended to listen to me more.