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Originally Posted by BethRags
There are so many classes of antidepressants now. Depakote is a heavy hitter when there may be better options. For one thing, Depakote is notorious for causing substantial weight gain. I gained 30lbs when I was on it, and that was within 6 weeks.
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I did well with it. And it wasn't long term, so if there was wait gain I didn't keep it on. Seems they won't provide me with what is known to work for me.
Despite saying I didn't know what I was on as a kid that made me suicidal but it was one of the older antidpressants - they've put me on old school Effexor. I just... I'm now terrified and anxious to take it since Effexor has a massive chance of increasing suicidal thoughts compared to other pills. Like, I'm already there, maybe don't risk me on it. I don't know, maybe I need to find a psychiatrist, rather than a GP that doesn't know better.