Migraines!!!!

[greenapple]

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How has your weight been since being on the depakote. That medication is know to have weight gain as a side effect.

 

[michaelvcrowder]

i personally don't know about depakote but to swing a tad off topic my neurosurgeon put me on lyrica for my nerve pain and i gained 5 pounds in 4 days. the scary thing is that i knew that weight gain was a side effect of this medicine and went on a diet before i started.

i cut my food intake back to 1,750 calories a day, which with my activity level should have resulted in a 2 pound a week weight loss. instead it resulted in at least a 6 pound per week gain had i stayed on it another two days. make sure and read the potential side effects before you start on any medication. if i had continued with my 2,500 calorie a day diet there is no telling how much i would have gained while trying the lyrica. i have been off for a week and knocked half of that 5 pounds back off but if i hadn't been tracking my weight it might have gotten away from me before i realized it.
michael