Depakote - anyone have experience with it?

Question

Epival is another name for it. Basically, the valporate med family.

Answer 1

yes I take 1000 mg everyday and don't have any problems with it.

Answer 2

I'm not sure? I"ve never even heard of it before.. have  u done an online search for this? best of luck

Answer 3

Depakote ( Valpoic Acid is the generic name ) is a very good mood stabilizer.  It doesn't make me too sleepy.  It prevents the swings between mania and depression.  I take the XL at night so I don't have to take it more than  once a day. It's the drug of choice for a bi-polar

personality disorder. Abilify is another new drug in the market.  Weight gain is one of the drawbacks.

RE: your additional details:

I found a lot of articles confirming my knowledge that bipolar disorder is a personality disorder.  But in the same token, even as some of the symptoms are alike in both BPD borderline personality disorder and bipolar, bipolar is misdiagnosed as a personality disorder. The articles on this are overwhelming.   So i stand corrrected.  

There is tremendous overlap in the symptom patterns of bipolar and borderline personality disorder (Borderline PD).



http://www.psycheducation.org/depression...

For your additional details:  I stand corrected.

The site below talks about the marked differences between the two:

http://personalitydisorders.suite101.com...