Migraine Prevention
"I took Depakote for six weeks exactly a year ago. I immediately began experiencing hallucinations, visual disturbances, and constant shakiness. I have been off of Depakote for nearly a year, but these side effects haven&#039;t ever gone away. The visual disturbances are constant. In light, it&#039;s just a thin, clear layer of static over everything, which is annoying, but tolerable. I still haven&#039;t gotten used to the hallucinations I experience in the dark. My eyes never adjust to the changes in light, and everything becomes a huge, swirling mass of shadows. It sometimes pulses so quickly that it looks like a strobe light. My doctors say that these side effects have never been reported and there&#039;s nothing they can do. For me, it is not worth it."