Depakote & other seizure meds

[Guest guest]

I know when my youngest son, who has Aspergers, first started having

seizures at age 5, the first medicine he was placed on was Topomax.

When he took this, he lost 10 lbs in one week because he refused to

eat. I found this to be unacceptable and returned to the neurologist,

who then placed him on Depakote. When he took Depakote, I thought I

was placed in The Shining...his mood was absolutely unmanageable, he

was violent, and it was very scary. When we returned to the

neurologist, the student doctor tried telling us that Depakote would

not cause personality changes such as we were describing. The

neurologist finally said that if a child has " psychiatric disorders "

that Depakote could indeed cause severe mental problems.

Currently, he is on Lamictal, which he is successful with, although

there is the risk of a fatal rash developing.

My older son is taking Dilantin and Keppra, which is working pretty

well for him, but one of the side effects of Keppra is excessive hair

growth.

[Guest guest]

I just have to say that I thank god everyday my son doesn’t have seizures. What you guys go through is amazing.

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I know when my youngest son, who has Aspergers, first started having

seizures at age 5, the first medicine he was placed on was Topomax.

When he took this, he lost 10 lbs in one week because he refused to

eat. I found this to be unacceptable and returned to the neurologist,

who then placed him on Depakote. When he took Depakote, I thought I

was placed in The Shining...his mood was absolutely unmanageable, he

was violent, and it was very scary. When we returned to the

neurologist, the student doctor tried telling us that Depakote would

not cause personality changes such as we were describing. The

neurologist finally said that if a child has " psychiatric disorders "

that Depakote could indeed cause severe mental problems.

Currently, he is on Lamictal, which he is successful with, although

there is the risk of a fatal rash developing.

My older son is taking Dilantin and Keppra, which is working pretty

well for him, but one of the side effects of Keppra is excessive hair

growth.

[Guest guest]

Those neuros lie like rugs, huh? Only cause side effects with

underlying psychiatric disorders? Aside from the insult of calling

autism a " psychiatric disorder " , what a crock. The same exact side

effects show up in drug trials among people with no underlying

condition. Not everyone develops the same side effects but those

effects don't necessarily hinge on there being a " psychiatric

disorder " in the first place-- though the drugs can cause psychiatric

disorders.

True, though, that because Depakote is believed to be one cause of

autism, I guess it could conceivably worsen behavior in children

already damaged by mercury because mercury and Depakote (and some

chemo drugs) induce the same types of effects on the brain. Too bad

neuros can't admit this-- though they'd have to wake up and smell the

coffee first re vaccine injuries.

Very frustrating.

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> I know when my youngest son, who has Aspergers, first started

having

> seizures at age 5, the first medicine he was placed on was

Topomax.

> When he took this, he lost 10 lbs in one week because he refused to

> eat. I found this to be unacceptable and returned to the

neurologist,

> who then placed him on Depakote. When he took Depakote, I thought

I

> was placed in The Shining...his mood was absolutely unmanageable,

he

> was violent, and it was very scary. When we returned to the

> neurologist, the student doctor tried telling us that Depakote

would

> not cause personality changes such as we were describing. The

> neurologist finally said that if a child has " psychiatric

disorders "

> that Depakote could indeed cause severe mental problems.

>

> Currently, he is on Lamictal, which he is successful with, although

> there is the risk of a fatal rash developing.

>

> My older son is taking Dilantin and Keppra, which is working pretty

> well for him, but one of the side effects of Keppra is excessive

hair

> growth.

>