I have been taking above since August for Grand-Mal seizures. Immediately after I seemed to have developed major gastrointestinal problems..i.e. loose bowels and diarreah.. Tried taking at different times and with food etc.. no help.
Has anyone experienced this- any advice? I'd hate to switch medications when it seems to be preventing the seizures but this side effect is truly getting out of control.. feel like I have the stomach FLU most of time.. : ((
Depakote ER 100 MG and Clonopin -1 MG?
- Posted:
- 29 Oct 2009 by Ldeneault
- Topics:
- depakote, depakote er, seizures, gastrointestinal disorders
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Psyched30 Oct 2009
Ldeneault,
You're feeling like this because BOTH of those meds cause diarrhea and nausea. Since you've tried taking them with food and that didn't work, the only other suggestion I'd have for you is to suggest taking them with milk... it seems to coat the stomach and helps some people digest them better. Hope this helps!
21 Nov 2011
my daughter she is 14 years old back when she was 3-5 years old she was taking depakote for petite mal seizure. she had the same symptoms as you in a way, she had constant stomach ache's and consistant loose bowls like every 20 minute's she had a poor appitite on that pill after coming accross other people with the same responses to the medication I decided to take her off the medication thinking that once the medication was out of her system she would go back to normal with her bowls. Nope it has been 9 years sense she has taken any depakote and she see a gastroenterologist for constipational issues. she has uncontrolable bowl's. the dr. believe's that it is due to the medication that her muscle didn't fully develope correctly due to it or it got so used to the contractions the medication had on it that it doesn't function properly.
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Thanks will try!