Posted by susan C on November 14, 2001, at 13:19:16
In reply to Depakote Update - Sar and all..., posted by Krazy Kat on November 14, 2001, at 12:03:57
Hi KK
you had flu, oh, dear. I got flu shot last week. Hopefully it will minimize if i get it. For me too D changed hair, but it stopped 'releaseing' my hair as I call it after about a year, as pdoc said, and now it is grown in it is little thinner, kind of curlier, rougher...its ok, but if i want to look nice, i have to remember to wash and blow dry my short hair, so the part around my head is fluffier and so the parts round my ears dont stick out like 'dogs ears'
I go to dermatologist tomorrow, so today, i put together all my questions and timeslines and and, he will see me for 15 minutes. Probably I will have to go again, sigh.
oh, oh, and my mom comes tomorrow.
Mouse with a blowdryer
susan C> I'm sure this should be on psycho babble, but I'm afraid it will get missed there.
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> I wanted to continue to be upfront re: the side effects I'm experiencing from Depakote.
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> I still must say that its ability to pull me out of that last agitated depression almost overnight, was amazing. I do feel more stabilized in general as well, though am still having some hypomanic episodes.
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> But, I am gaining weight now that I have stopped the Topamax. It's my appetite - it's voracious. This has me worried.
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> And, my hair is different - I believe the texture has changed and it's not growing very fast. May be a little thinner, too.
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> Now, I went up from 1000 mg to 1500 mg recently, so it is probably the dose increase that is making these more noticable.
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> Again, I think it is a "good" drug, if there is such a thing, for me, but it has down sides, too.
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> Oh, and also more sedation now.
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> - K.
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