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Campe CH.com Newbie Offline Clusters Suck !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!! Posts: 7 x0\|Hesperia\|USA\|\|0\|0\|CA,California Gender:	Depekote Dec 24^th, 2008 at 9:49am Hi all am back after 3-yrs PF. GP gave me 250-mg depekote once a day,does not seem to be woriking. Also on Imatrex which works great but when I am getting 3 to 4 hits a day between k-7 to k-10 need something else. Thanks Tony
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Re: Depekote
Reply #1 - Dec 24^th, 2008 at 10:55am

Your experience is "normal" and points to the need for a dosage change before deciding whether Dep is for you or not.

You didn't mention using a preventive med. Hope your doc has also started one.
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Re: Depekote
Reply #2 - Dec 24^th, 2008 at 5:23pm

Congrats on 3 pain free years!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Many of the preventatives used for CH are often used a doses much higher than for what they were originally designed. Depends very much on the person. Talk to Doc - he'll probably want to walk you up on the Depakote. I think they go as high as 1000mg/day sometimes.

But there are lots of other alternatives! Bob already sent great links.

Lots of info available on these boards! (But you probably already knew that).

Laurie

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TarHeel-blues CH.com Veteran Offline I Love CH.com! Posts: 132 matthews nc Gender:	Re: Depekote Reply #3 - Dec 26^th, 2008 at 11:02am im not taking depakote any longer but i was up to 2000 mg a day when i stopped.1000mg in the am and another 1000 in the pm.so i would say your definatly at the low end of the dosage spectrum.worked well for me for a while,,just seem to hit a wall..im a lithium baby now. -jason-
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Rolomatic Ex Member	Re: Depekote Reply #4 - Dec 26^th, 2008 at 11:20am TarHeel-blues wrote on Dec 26^th, 2008 at 11:02am: im a lithium baby now. -jason- Works for me!
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