Depression from Volproic Acid? Posted: 03-02-08 17:33pm
I have a few questions for the medical
team on here. I was diagnosed with
epilepsy when I was 13 and after taking
other medications put on Valproic acid
when i was 18. Since then I am sizure
free.
I am 30 years old now and diagrosed with
MDD in 2002, when I volunterily was
submitted in a phychiatric hospital for 6
weeks. Since then i had ups and downs but
recently my depression is unbearable.
I cannot get out of bed.. everything is
pointless and hopeless, I have panic
attacks when i try to go shopping or on
errands.
Now i was doing a little research in the
internet and found out that a side effect
of valproic acid is depression. Would a
change of antiepileptics help my
depression? Would it be advisable? For
antidepressants I was taking cipramil 40
mg a day till Jan. but now my GP put me on
duloxetine 60 mg a day which doesn t seem
to help yet.
Apart from this i am taking Vitamin B
complex and a multi mineral. Any
sugesttions other treatment options? I d
be grateful for some advice.
