PCOS Messages for August, 2003: Re: PCOS, epilepsy, and depakote

Re: PCOS, epilepsy, and depakote

From: jodi (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 4 Aug 2003 20:47:08 -0500 (CDT)

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I have also read of a depakote/PCOS link... I took depakote for a short time around age 18 for suspected bipolar disorder, and it made my hair fall out in massive amounts. This is a possible side effect of the dep and DEFINIATELY a PCOS symptom... When I quit taking the depakote, the hair loss stopped.

I had PCOS symptoms before the dep - irregular periods, excess hair - and I really can't say if taking the dep made me any worse. I wasn't on it for long, maybe a month, tops. I haven't really found anything proving the dep worsens or causes PCOS... but I definately think that those of us who are prone to PCOS are also prone to the conditions depakote is used for - migraines, bipolar depression, and who knows, maybe even epilepsy?

At Tue, 29 Jul 2003, Amanda wrote: >
>Hi. I just found this site and I was hoping you could be of some help.
>
>I have recently been looking into the Fertility Awareness Method of
>birth control (no, not the rythum method) by reading the book "Taking
>Charge of Your Fertility."
>
>Well, I just read a chapter on anovulation and it fits me perfectly. Now
>to figure out why...
>
>I was diagnosed with epilepsy about 4 years ago and have been on
>depakote ever since.
>
>My periods (if they ever really were periods) have always been
>irregular, but more so since I went on depakote.
>
>I decided to search the internet for depakote and anovulation to see if
>I could find a link. Sure enough PCOS comes up.
>
>Not only does it say that depakote can make it worse, but that PCOS can
>actually cause epilepsy.
>
>No one ever figured out why I had a seizure 4 years ago. Could it have
>actually have been due to undiagnosed PCOS and I am just now finding
>out?
>
>If so, I will be horrified! Just now at the time when I want to have
>children I find out I might just have a fertility problem that could
>have been diagnosed years ago, and to top it off, it is made worse by
>the very drugs used to keep my seizures away.
>
>Please reply if you have any info about this.
>
>Thanks.

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