Post Op Medication Absorption

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I had my consult with Dr. Inabnet at Mt. Sinai Monday and ran into a

roadblock I hadn't forseen. (You anticipate the insurance company,

the childcare problems, the explaining to the managing partner that

you will be out for X weeks...but not an actual medical problem!)

He is concerned about the absorption of Depakote after surgery. He

is going to research it, because he tells me there is some literature

in which someone on Depakote could not absorb it properly after a DS

and became manic as a result, which is NOT fun. He went so far as to

try to discuss an RNY with me until I said nuh-uh, I don't want to

dump and I would rather stay fat, I don't care how much more

intestine you'd leave in place with an RNY. I think this will be

resolved in the long run.

I'm going to speak to my psychiatrist, who is also going to do my

preop evaluation, and ask him to discuss it with Dr. Inabnet. I know

this man knows pharmacology but I also know he does not know weight

loss surgery, since his first reaction when I suggested it last

spring was, " @#%$, that's so dangerous! " . (I also know another

psychiatrist who is also a pharmacologist and can probably help me if

my own, for some reason, can't.) I've read through the archives and

seen that others have encountered this with respect to other meds.

Does anybody have anything specific that might help me with

Depakote?