My son sustained a brain injury (diffused axonal injury) an ATV accident @ age 15(2007). He is functional ; he drives ,attends local community college(welding degree grad.Spring 2014) but sometimes gets paranoid and he might tell me something that someone said but Im not sure if that is really the case. His childhood was not the best & now has issues compounded by his accident. My son is seeing a psychiatrist and she prescribed Depakote (Im not sure the dose) he has not started taking the med yet but I am considered with the brain injury?
Hi, From your query I gather that your son has had a head injury around 6 years ago, has been maintaining well so far and now has developed psychiatric complications. And you want to know whether Separate or Divalproex sodium is safe in him considering his previous head injury. Divalproex sodium is an anticonvulsant with mood stabilizing properties that is known to be helpful in such cases. They have been used effectively in the past to manage brain injured patients with neuropsychiatric complications. It is known to cause lesser cognitive side effects than the other available anticonvulsant with mood stabilizing properties (carbamazepine). Hope this helps, Chat Doctor.