Re: depakote making OCD, anxiety and hair pulling worse, after 5 days

[Guest guest]

Her levels are not high enough. They have to reach a certain level in her body

to stabilize her mood. It takes awhile.

Hugs

Judy

stinkydogkid <stinkydogkid@...> wrote: Just

wondering if anyone else had this. He adding depakote

to make her mood more stable, its worse than ever. is this

a start up side effect or coudl this really be an effect

of the medication--perhaps if you did not need a mood stabilizer/?

[Guest guest]

Why is it that every time there are bad reactions to meds, the docs always say

they don't think it is related?!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I went on Celexa once and the

first day I was driving and had a bad panic attack. I went back and screamed at

my dr. (to this day 7 yrs later, I can't drive on highways or at night) - why

did you not warn me?!!!. He said, oh there is no way that could be related --

well okay on all the labels it says do not drive until you know how the

medication will effect you. I did not know that (I thought just for sleeping

pills, etc) and of course, if something like that happens for the first time

while taking a new med, it certainly is med related!!!

Why are they so opposed to admitting it!

citymomgina <gwrigh7@...> wrote:

We've had something similar. When my son was 9 he was put on Trileptal

to make his mood more stable. He hadn't been diagnosed with OCD yet,

but he had many symptoms of it already. The trileptal made his OCD

symptoms much worse. The doctor added Lexapro for that, which left him

confused and with word finding problems (couldn't remember the word he

wanted to say). We had to take him off the Trileptal. The doctor didn't

think it was related, but you might check with yours and see what they

say, and to come up with a plan to stop taking it if that's what you

are going to do.

We had used depakote before for seizures, it didn't seem to affect him

that way, but he wasn't having OCD symptoms at the time. It certainly

didn't make his mood more stable either. (but, it did cure the seizures)

I think the mood problems may be more anxiety related in my son's case.

>

> Just wondering if anyone else had this. He adding depakote

> to make her mood more stable, its worse than ever. is this

> a start up side effect or coudl this really be an effect

> of the medication--perhaps if you did not need a mood stabilizer/?

>

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Most SSRI's can cause and increase in anxiety (some more than others) upon

starting them. Trileptal can make people very loopy. I didn't realize how bad

I was until I went off of it.

Laurie

Re: Re: depakote making OCD, anxiety and hair pulling

worse, after 5 days

Why is it that every time there are bad reactions to meds, the docs always say

they don't think it is related?!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I went on Celexa once and the

first day I was driving and had a bad panic attack. I went back and screamed at

my dr. (to this day 7 yrs later, I can't drive on highways or at night) - why

did you not warn me?!!!. He said, oh there is no way that could be related --

well okay on all the labels it says do not drive until you know how the

medication will effect you. I did not know that (I thought just for sleeping

pills, etc) and of course, if something like that happens for the first time

while taking a new med, it certainly is med related!!!

Why are they so opposed to admitting it!

citymomgina <gwrigh7@...> wrote:

We've had something similar. When my son was 9 he was put on Trileptal

to make his mood more stable. He hadn't been diagnosed with OCD yet,

but he had many symptoms of it already. The trileptal made his OCD

symptoms much worse. The doctor added Lexapro for that, which left him

confused and with word finding problems (couldn't remember the word he

wanted to say). We had to take him off the Trileptal. The doctor didn't

think it was related, but you might check with yours and see what they

say, and to come up with a plan to stop taking it if that's what you

are going to do.

We had used depakote before for seizures, it didn't seem to affect him

that way, but he wasn't having OCD symptoms at the time. It certainly

didn't make his mood more stable either. (but, it did cure the seizures)

I think the mood problems may be more anxiety related in my son's case.

>

> Just wondering if anyone else had this. He adding depakote

> to make her mood more stable, its worse than ever. is this

> a start up side effect or coudl this really be an effect

> of the medication--perhaps if you did not need a mood stabilizer/?

>

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What is Akathesia?

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> Akathesia is hell on earth. It's worse than OCD. I haven't

decided whether it's worse than vomiting. I get that from most anti-

emetics except for Zofran. Sometime I get it from my Seroquel, but

Benadryl does help. I also had it with Neurontin (gabapentin).

>

> It seriously made me think I was losing my mind...more than normal,

anyway!

>

> Laurie

>

>

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> Re: depakote making OCD, anxiety and

hair pulling worse, after 5 days

>

>

> Talk about a timely topic-

> My son's Lexapro dose was increased from 10mg to 15 this weekend as

his

> OCD has gotten worse since school started. He developed akathisia

from

> it. Now I'm wondering if that's why he had problems with the

trileptal.

> It's supposed to be more common with that class of drugs.

> Anyway, we're supposed to give him benadryl and lower the dose back

> down. Thank goodness the doctor he sees now is so much more helpful

> than the one who prescribed the trileptal before.

>

>

> >

> > Most SSRI's can cause and increase in anxiety (some more than

others)

> upon starting them. Trileptal can make people very loopy. I

didn't

> realize how bad I was until I went off of it.

> >

> > Laurie

> >

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Akathesia is a horrible feeling that you constantly have to move your arms or

legs or both. It's a " crawly " feeling. That's the best I could describe it.

It's like you can't stop moving, but even while you are moving, you are still

really uncomfortable.

I had an epidural when I had my c-section, and i had this reaction to Reglan,

which I had been given for nausea. Even though I was paralized, I STILL had

that feeling!

Laurie

Re: depakote making OCD, anxiety and

hair pulling worse, after 5 days

>

>

> Talk about a timely topic-

> My son's Lexapro dose was increased from 10mg to 15 this weekend as

his

> OCD has gotten worse since school started. He developed akathisia

from

> it. Now I'm wondering if that's why he had problems with the

trileptal.

> It's supposed to be more common with that class of drugs.

> Anyway, we're supposed to give him benadryl and lower the dose back

> down. Thank goodness the doctor he sees now is so much more helpful

> than the one who prescribed the trileptal before.

>

>

> >

> > Most SSRI's can cause and increase in anxiety (some more than

others)

> upon starting them. Trileptal can make people very loopy. I

didn't

> realize how bad I was until I went off of it.

> >

> > Laurie

> >

> >

>

>

>

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Akathesia is a horrible feeling that you constantly have to move your arms or

legs or both. It's a " crawly " feeling. That's the best I could describe it.

It's like you can't stop moving, but even while you are moving, you are still

really uncomfortable.

I had an epidural when I had my c-section, and i had this reaction to Reglan,

which I had been given for nausea. Even though I was paralized, I STILL had

that feeling!

Laurie

Re: depakote making OCD, anxiety and

hair pulling worse, after 5 days

>

>

> Talk about a timely topic-

> My son's Lexapro dose was increased from 10mg to 15 this weekend as

his

> OCD has gotten worse since school started. He developed akathisia

from

> it. Now I'm wondering if that's why he had problems with the

trileptal.

> It's supposed to be more common with that class of drugs.

> Anyway, we're supposed to give him benadryl and lower the dose back

> down. Thank goodness the doctor he sees now is so much more helpful

> than the one who prescribed the trileptal before.

>

>

> >

> > Most SSRI's can cause and increase in anxiety (some more than

others)

> upon starting them. Trileptal can make people very loopy. I

didn't

> realize how bad I was until I went off of it.

> >

> > Laurie

> >

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>

>

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My son said he just had to pace, he couldn't sit down. I tried having

him run up and down stairs a bit, but it didn't help. After the

benadryl he said he felt less irritated, and not as much like moving

constantly. He was so tired the next day though. He's back to himself

now, thank goodness.

> > >

> > > Most SSRI's can cause and increase in anxiety (some more than

> others)

> > upon starting them. Trileptal can make people very loopy. I

> didn't

> > realize how bad I was until I went off of it.

> > >

> > > Laurie

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