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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 181552" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>I will tell you a few things that happened to my daughter when she was on it for three months. It is not a medication I'd ever put my child on unless there was absolutely no other option, especially not a girl. First off, they never told us this, but it can cause ovarian cysts and the problem doesn't necessarily go away when the drug is removed. My daughter, a teen at the time, has had horrible, painful cysts since being on Depakote. </p><p>On top of that, she was constantly hungry and gained a ton of weight and was so cognitively dulled that she said "it makes me stupid. I can't think." She didn't like how it made her feel. She was old enough to toss it in the trash and she did and to this day she refuses medications (she is now 24 and still has a mood disorder, but controls it pretty well with natural medications and just learning her own triggers). </p><p>There are mood stabilizers, if you are really sure she is bipolar, with less side effects. Trileptal and Lamictal come to mind. Those are the only two I'd try my kids on, if either of my two younger kids needed a mood stabilizer at this time. And my son, who was misdiagnosed with bipolar at one time, flipped out on Trileptal, so I don't know if that really works or not--since he didn't really have bipolar maybe that is why he had such a bad reaction to it. </p><p>My older son (see below) thinks Lamictal is great, and he hates side effects. Also, he doesn't like weight gain.</p><p>Make EXTRA sure you have your daughter checked for cysts. When we asked psychiatrist why he didn't tell us he said, "Um, it doesn't usually happen."</p><p>Ok, but it DID. </p><p>Good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 181552, member: 1550"] I will tell you a few things that happened to my daughter when she was on it for three months. It is not a medication I'd ever put my child on unless there was absolutely no other option, especially not a girl. First off, they never told us this, but it can cause ovarian cysts and the problem doesn't necessarily go away when the drug is removed. My daughter, a teen at the time, has had horrible, painful cysts since being on Depakote. On top of that, she was constantly hungry and gained a ton of weight and was so cognitively dulled that she said "it makes me stupid. I can't think." She didn't like how it made her feel. She was old enough to toss it in the trash and she did and to this day she refuses medications (she is now 24 and still has a mood disorder, but controls it pretty well with natural medications and just learning her own triggers). There are mood stabilizers, if you are really sure she is bipolar, with less side effects. Trileptal and Lamictal come to mind. Those are the only two I'd try my kids on, if either of my two younger kids needed a mood stabilizer at this time. And my son, who was misdiagnosed with bipolar at one time, flipped out on Trileptal, so I don't know if that really works or not--since he didn't really have bipolar maybe that is why he had such a bad reaction to it. My older son (see below) thinks Lamictal is great, and he hates side effects. Also, he doesn't like weight gain. Make EXTRA sure you have your daughter checked for cysts. When we asked psychiatrist why he didn't tell us he said, "Um, it doesn't usually happen." Ok, but it DID. Good luck. [/QUOTE]
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