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Increasing Depakote -- messed up blood draws...
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<blockquote data-quote="smallworld" data-source="post: 87041" data-attributes="member: 2423"><p>Make sure when your difficult child has his blood draw done in the morning that he does NOT take his morning dose of medications. There should be 12 hours between the last Depkote dose and the blood draw (it's called a trough level).</p><p></p><p>Unfortunately, there's no way of knowing whether the symptoms your difficult child is experiencing will go away with time or with the split dose. You just have to give it a try. In our case, my daughter was flat and irritable and my son was depressed on 1000 mg Depakote, which is why we switched to Lamictal.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smallworld, post: 87041, member: 2423"] Make sure when your difficult child has his blood draw done in the morning that he does NOT take his morning dose of medications. There should be 12 hours between the last Depkote dose and the blood draw (it's called a trough level). Unfortunately, there's no way of knowing whether the symptoms your difficult child is experiencing will go away with time or with the split dose. You just have to give it a try. In our case, my daughter was flat and irritable and my son was depressed on 1000 mg Depakote, which is why we switched to Lamictal. [/QUOTE]
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