Valproic acid for Schizoaffective Disorder User Reviews

• Ben...
• January 20, 2021

"I started to take Epival 1 month ago for schizoaffective disorder and epilepsy. So far, so good, although I am quite hyper on this. But I do tend to take the reverse on some medications. It has helped drastically for insomnia, depression, severe anger issues, and my seizures. Hope everything stays good. Time will tell."

• Eim...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• February 25, 2020

"This drug, valproic acid, has been very good for my schizoaffective disorder, mixed bipolar type. I take a 250 mg dose in the morning and a 500 mg dose in the evening with like 0 side effects. Miracle drug!"

• all...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• July 13, 2016

"I hated this medication. It gave me no mood, no feelings, not able to cry or a supposed flat mood my psychiatrist said, plus it made me gain tons of weight in addition to the clozapine I used to be on that gave me seizures and made me break my ankles, and it was completely useless because I never needed it even though they thought 'nothing has ever worked for you.' I was only on it because they forced me to take clozapine, and it was giving me seizures, and the clozapine wasn't even good because I didn't make any friends and I didn't really like anybody. Ever since I've been on Lamictal 300 mg and Invega 12 mg, I've felt more normal, and I'm able to cry and feel true feelings like I used to."

• all...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• October 21, 2016

"I came off this because of the flat mood, where I had no real feelings, but I wish I hadn't, because I would've saved time. I got a manic episode 8 months later with Lamictal, but I felt like I always did better and felt better on Lamictal. But I guess I was only on 300 mg, so it made my mania worse when I wouldn't sleep enough because I was doing my work. All semester long, I felt like I was getting manic and psychotic, but I guess I didn't realize it takes longer to recover from a manic episode. I'm thinking of going back on Epival and Invega or Epival and Latuda, because there's almost no options left, and I hated Clozapine because it gave me seizures and broke my ankles. My main problem is I can't take my vitamins with Epival."

• cot...
• October 9, 2011

Valproic acid "After trying about 10 different medicines, this one has been the best."

• ger...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• March 24, 2013

Valproic acid "Effective for mood symptoms when at therapeutic level."