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    is it possible to come off mental health medication,sodium valporate after being on it for years?

    i have been on sodium valporate for bipolar disorder for years it has significant side effect of weight gain has anyone come off it without becoming ill again.

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    From what these site are saying, NO, but you may want to read up on the subject so I copied a few of the suggested sites.

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    Sodium Valproate - Andrew Nielsen's Mental Health Pages
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    Side Effects of Sodium Valproate. It is important not to suddenly stop taking valproate if you have been on it for longer than about a month.
    https://www.andrewnielsen.com/PIL/PIL%20Sodium%20Valproate.doc
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    Sodium valproate | Medicine | Patient UK
    Sodium valproate ... Do not suddenly stop taking this medicine unless your doctor tells you otherwise ...
    https://www.patient.co.uk/medicine/Sodium-valproate.htm - Cached
    No...please come off of it by yourself...not a good thing to do if you are bipolar...best to contact your prescribing physician regarding perhaps tapering off or switching to a new med that doesn't have the side effect of weight gain for you..all meds affect different people different ways..take care! (:


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