well we had bad results with both depakote and Lamictal, everyone is different though, but I would watch carefully. Our Dr. allowed me to give difficult child II melatoin at dinner to help him sleep at night, I still give it to him now, because the prozac he's on seems to keep him up. The Depakote made difficult child II very reactive and out of control, so much that he kicked his principal in the head! He was hospitalized and they kept increasing the Depakote which only made him worse, and they took him off cold one day b4 releasing him. lamictal just made difficult child II evil, so did trileptal, but difficult child II has nothing wrong neurologially (per the neurologist anyways) so an anti seizure medication isn't really called for with him. He's currently on Abilify (10 mg) and Prozac (20 mg) Good luck, and trust your instincts