I hate Depakote in fact I hate ALL MOOD STABILZERS .I will cut & burn my arms or just wont to kill my self on them. Mabey im to old to change but I like my manic with out Im nothing .But I did work with my doctor to find other meds .

One is called GABITRIL It is a mood stebilzer put very mild I take it as needed to calm me down instead of zanxe or val. it works well 4mgs. calms me 8mgs. puts me to sleep for like a hour or two and there know lag.GABITRIL is not even close to Depakote other meds. of that family .My doc. was thinking outside of the box with GABITRIL
but it has no side effects that I can tell you of .