I am almost done with this whole Depakote thing. I do not like the side effects. Plus, I am not able to function at work after taking it....I get a sudden urge to go sleepy out of no where. I am giving it one more try...I just took it not too long ago, hopefully zombie catatonic stare at the wall drooley self will want to go to bed soon(currently..sleep is so not on my mind)...unless the nauseous wakes me up from my sleep. I couldn't even listen to the radio while driving to work on Tuesday. I had to turn the radio off and focus on not throwing up. This is not a normal naueous either...it's the everything .... smell, eat, look at, think about ...makes me nauseous...reminds me of my coworker explaining her morning sickness. We will see how tomorrow goes and if it doesn't work....I'm done.

Although I like the fact I don't have the urge to seriously injure my coworkers when they interrupt my mind doing it's thing...BUT I would rather be the social, overly confident, highly productive, driven, goal-oriented, occasionally somewhat delusional, money spending, highly agitated, never sleeping rollercoaster of me.....than this. (At least I like that me!!!)
I am done ranting on depakote now....

****Oh btw....Should I worry if it makes my brain feel fuzzy...tingly...ticklish? kinda like someone is touching the hair on my arms really reallllly lightly, but it's my brain??

Hi Blue,

Are you taking the extended release, or a different formulation? I've found (for me, at least,) that it makes a HUGE difference, especially as far as nausea. The generic forms seem to be worse.
Hope this helps.

We'll see how the day goes after I find my bottle of vyvanse....I have a feeling I will not be taking it anymore. I woke up feeling worse than I did when I went to bed. Not counting the fact that I think i'm getting sick now....got the whole sore throat, laryngitis thing goin on.

I forgot to tmention in the earlier post...the headaches. There is a little gnome in my head with a hammer and an air pump. The pressure and the banging are not working well together...which did wake up me up last night, but I managed to fall back asleep.

Up the stimulant, you wont notice the depakote then, it worked for me.

he won't up the vyvanse...my next step is adderall....after the horrid first day on vyvanse...nope as long as it works...I'm keeping with it. Stubborn I know...but it works and there aren't really any side effects with it right now. So far...today has been going good...I had minimal nauseousness this morning. I just woke up with the worst neck pain in my life...so I really must of been in a dead sleep in an awkward position. The headache has pretty much gone away now...so this night time thing might be a good idea. I'll try it again tonight and see how it works.

Now I just have to find a solution to my not wanting to get up in the morning. I will literally hit the snooze button for 2 hours...still not want to get out of bed. If I let myself stay in bed I would sleep a good majority of the day....around 14-16 hours.