having blood not clotting~starting depakote wean

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Last week Luke scratched his ear his his fingernail. It bleed &

bleed, I remember thinking, I know I just timmed his nails, then I

chalked it up to his ear beign very vascular. I done a finger stick

on him wednesday, he bled for 3 hours! I don't mean barely oozing, I

mean dripping blood for 3 hours! I appied direct pressure, ice &

elavated his hand for an hour straight....it scared me! I talked

with the neuro & he said the depakote would cause it. Last night I

took away one pill! I am so excited about weaning him off the med,

but we were supposed to wait till september to start the wean. The

neuro wanted to fine tune the diet some more. He has had 5

consecutive seizure free days...I am praying everthing goes

smoothly. Any experienced depakote weaners....how long does it

usually take for any withdrawl seizures? Any advice or comments are

greatly appreciated!

Thanks,