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missa526 in bipolarsurvival

depakote dr and weight gain

Apr 08, 2012 08:11

I have issues with weight and I'm having enough trouble dealing with the 30 pounds I gained when I moved back home to live with my parents (I'm 31 yrs old). Long story that lead me to these dire straights but I won't get into it ( Read more... )

side-effects, depakote

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10acgirl April 8 2012, 13:17:41 UTC

I only took depakote for my BPD, and I did gain about 30lbs. It was horrible.

Why not look into Topamax? Its for migraines but also BPD, and it helps many people lose weight too.

missa526 April 19 2012, 12:02:39 UTC

I've. Been on topamax for a month ar 150 Mg for the month before I was put on depakote (150mg 2x a day) . I want to talk to my neurologist about supping it to 200mg twice a day & see if that helps. And the weight loss would be a major plus :) I gained ~12 lbs -15lbs taking depakote and lyrica (the lyrica is for nerve pain around my stomach - I have a ton of scar tissue and it presses on the nerves - side effect weight gain) . Thanks!

noiredemons April 8 2012, 15:53:24 UTC

One of the "joyous" things about most mental health medication is weight gain is a listed side effect.

I was on depakote for a short time and honestly dont remember if I gained weight b/c I was pretty messed up with my meds. (thanks quack psych doctor).

My friend once said, " you can be fat and happy or depressed and skinny". It's always made me giggle because it rings true a lot of time....

iadler April 8 2012, 20:37:19 UTC

I had a similar issue - I quit the atypicals because I was scared of weight gain. I tried telling my pdoc I wanted a counteractive medication to deal with the potential extra poundage and he said no... So he gave me Klonopin to see if that worked as a replacement.

becoming_rachel April 10 2012, 20:55:45 UTC

It depends on you and what works with your brain and body chemistry. You're right, every one of those sites will list terrible side effects people have had ( ... )

missa526 April 19 2012, 12:06:38 UTC

I had to quit taking the depakote because it was making me constantly nauseous and I was throwing up 2-3 times a day, which was causing me to get more migraines. So I'm back on 150mg topamax 2x a day. Which doesn't seem to be helping much.

freetobeme18 April 12 2012, 01:41:41 UTC

I did actually gain around 50 pounds from Depakote but it's worth it to me because it really helps with my bipolar.