Maybe it would give me a chance on normality. Good luck to you and your daughter: Pam. Hi Melissa,Hope things are going well with the depakote. My 7 yr old had depakote added, when the topamax and keppra together didn't work.
They would work for exactly 2 weeks, and then the breakthroughs would start up again. On May 24, her neuro started her on depakote. We were considering another trip to the er, they were so bad and continuous. She took her first depakote at that day. She takes mg in the am and mg in the pm. We have seen no seizure activity since June 9'th.
She is now off of the topamax, and we hope to at least attempt to wean her from the keppra. She told me the other day that she's a walking pill bottle!! Between, the AED's and the vitamins, she does take a lot of pills!!! But she just laughs about it. She's taking it all in stride and dealing quite well with everything! My name is TomIIWatkins. I was on Depakote for least 1 or 2 but it did not control my seizures when it came to my GrandMols seizures.
It look me least 2 to 3 weeks for it was on system because I was on Neurontin too. How is your daughter doing? Email at TomII20 yahoo. My 4 year old daughter was on it. It did not control her absence seizures. She just started on zarontin, and it seems to be working. Give the depakote enough time before you switch medications, as each patient's body is programmed to respond to different medications.
I have grand mal seizures and my doctor tried me on depakote. Within 2 weeks I had gained 20 pounds and had 2 seizures. I wasn't planning on having any more kids but your daughter might want kids some day.
Depakote is known to cause serious birth defects. Please really think hard before starting her on it. I was taking off of it and put on Topamax. I have been on it for 7 months and I have only had 2 seizures because I forgot to take my meds. I hope your daughter's seizures can get under control without having to put her on Depakote. I took Depakote for several years starting about It reduced my siezures from about 80 to 20 per year when they started it.
Because of problems with meds prescribed interacting and the neurologist wanting to "eliminate" seizures they had me try some other meds instead. On that date they did my 3rd brain surgery. They did a left temporal lobectomy. I am back on Depakote mg 2 times a day and Primidone a total of mg per day.
Yes, i am tired all the time and i still have seizures, but i am doing better than before the last surgery. In fact i work for the US Forest Service as an Ecologist and in the last two days was in the woods 18 hours.
I have been told repeatedly to wait 2 weeks after a change in Depakote dosage prior to testing for blood levels, thus i assume they level off about then.
They do have the side effects as people have mentioned of making you tired and as a result being less active and gaining weight. That is the main thing i have seen. If the patient gets too much in the system the hands and body tend to tremble. Hopefully, this will help. If you have furthur questions based on experience with it feel free to send me a personal message. Hey Im 16 right now and i have my permit. Hi, my son is 15 yrs old and started having seizures the beginning of Feb.
He has been on Depakote for 2 weeks and there are no changes in his seizures. Was this common for you and what type of side effects did you have?
Just looking for answers. Your not alone! I experienced the same seizures and same feeling. Yes, drinking kicked my butt and I'd have seizures within hours of alcohol consumption. The voices were crazy. I literally thought I was going nuts. I've been on the drug for a couple days and man do I feel great.
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