"took depakote for almost ten years (300 x 3)...now i will admit i had three minor episodes in that time. super, yes, i know but i started at 140 lbs in six months i bottomed out at 206lbs. i slept 12 hours a night, plus a nap of 2 hours in the evening. someone finally caught the depakote/paxil fiasco, and lithium and wellbutrin became my friends...more importantly, i feel like i &quot;woke up&quot;. i lived the life, but it seemed so surreal looking back on it...it completely controlled me. it&#039;s not the wellbutrin and the paxil, it&#039;s the lack of depakote (and for a large part, paxil) that made me almost another person. i&#039;m sure depakote works for thousands of people...it just took me out of the equation too much."