“Diarrhea, dizziness, drowsiness, hair loss, blurred/double vision, change in menstrual periods, ringing in the ears, shakiness (tremor), unsteadiness, weight changes...”

The above is a partial listing of the side-effects of Depakote from WebMD. I am now going to be taking this med for the first time. I have had all of this happen to me at one time or another with different meds with the exception of changes in menstrual periods for an obvious reason. I also have never experienced hair loss. This possibility bothers me. These MS meds can be really nasty, IMO even more so than APs, at least for me. Life can be soo wonderful at times. Do you agree? LOL Sometimes I really hate these meds!

I am doing OK except for over-exersizing thereby somehow injuring my knee. Looks like I overdid it. Maybe a problem with a ligament? So I have been taking it easy by only casually walking around my townhome complex instead of trying to break personal records walking down the road for miles. I am becoming an exersize addict! For the rest of the day, I will be trying more to stay off my legs. I think I need to rotate between high energy and lower energy workouts.

I have made several pounds of my world famous trail mix. It is made up of sliced almonds, raisins, and a smaller portion of M&M like candy. It tastes really good, perhaps too good. A half a cup is over 300 calories. I have been finding myself periodically going to the kitchen and grabbing another handful. Not good. Healthy foods. But not good for the calories. I need to start measuring them out.