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<blockquote data-quote="mstang67chic" data-source="post: 136663" data-attributes="member: 2459"><p>We started difficult child on Depakote as a mood stabilizer when he was 10. He's now 18 and still on it with no problems other than the needed tweaks that come with growth spurts. When we started him on it, we were told that it would take at least a month to really see a difference. I could see a difference after 2 weeks. (For the good) </p><p></p><p>When he started it, I read that sheet from the pharmacy that comes with the medications. That did kind of freak me out because of A) the possible side effects and B) because that is one of the medications that my severely schitzophrenic mother in law takes. (But now that comes in handy if one of them runs out! lol They both have pills of the exact same mg but take different amounts so we borrow from each other now and then) Honestly though, if you read the sheet for almost any medication, the possible side affects would curl your hair. But anytime you introduce a foriegn substance to your body, those are the possibilities. difficult child's psychiatrist does yearly bloodwork and there has never been an issue with the medication. It does cause drowsiness but we give it to difficult child at night so that's never really been a problem.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mstang67chic, post: 136663, member: 2459"] We started difficult child on Depakote as a mood stabilizer when he was 10. He's now 18 and still on it with no problems other than the needed tweaks that come with growth spurts. When we started him on it, we were told that it would take at least a month to really see a difference. I could see a difference after 2 weeks. (For the good) When he started it, I read that sheet from the pharmacy that comes with the medications. That did kind of freak me out because of A) the possible side effects and B) because that is one of the medications that my severely schitzophrenic mother in law takes. (But now that comes in handy if one of them runs out! lol They both have pills of the exact same mg but take different amounts so we borrow from each other now and then) Honestly though, if you read the sheet for almost any medication, the possible side affects would curl your hair. But anytime you introduce a foriegn substance to your body, those are the possibilities. difficult child's psychiatrist does yearly bloodwork and there has never been an issue with the medication. It does cause drowsiness but we give it to difficult child at night so that's never really been a problem. [/QUOTE]
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