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<blockquote data-quote="gcvmom" data-source="post: 153790" data-attributes="member: 3444"><p>My difficult child 2 has been on Depakote ER since last summer and is doing pretty well on it. Like others, we do periodic blood draws to monitor levels (I think we're overdue, though).</p><p> </p><p>One negative he experienced was a sudden onset of bedwetting. The fix for that was to split the dose so there wasn't as much of a load at bedtime. Within days of that change, he stopped wetting and has been fine ever since.</p><p> </p><p>Another side effect that I'd rather we do without, but we're living with, is a significant slowdown in his cognitive processing. It's affecting his schoolwork, but we're trying to adapt and the school is aware and working with us. I'm not really sure if there's an alternative. We certainly don't want to take him off it and go back to the problems he had before.</p><p> </p><p>Also, in his particular case, he recently went back on Risperdal (long story) and we weaned him off Lamictal (which he'd been on since about January) to see if he could get by on fewer medications, but it's looking like he needs the Lamictal because I've seen a subsequent spike in daily emotional meltdowns within 4 days of stopping the Lamictal.</p><p> </p><p>Hope that Depakote works well for your K! I think it's pretty well tolerated by most kids who need it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gcvmom, post: 153790, member: 3444"] My difficult child 2 has been on Depakote ER since last summer and is doing pretty well on it. Like others, we do periodic blood draws to monitor levels (I think we're overdue, though). One negative he experienced was a sudden onset of bedwetting. The fix for that was to split the dose so there wasn't as much of a load at bedtime. Within days of that change, he stopped wetting and has been fine ever since. Another side effect that I'd rather we do without, but we're living with, is a significant slowdown in his cognitive processing. It's affecting his schoolwork, but we're trying to adapt and the school is aware and working with us. I'm not really sure if there's an alternative. We certainly don't want to take him off it and go back to the problems he had before. Also, in his particular case, he recently went back on Risperdal (long story) and we weaned him off Lamictal (which he'd been on since about January) to see if he could get by on fewer medications, but it's looking like he needs the Lamictal because I've seen a subsequent spike in daily emotional meltdowns within 4 days of stopping the Lamictal. Hope that Depakote works well for your K! I think it's pretty well tolerated by most kids who need it. [/QUOTE]
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