some aspects of the side effects of Depakote long term therapy is a loss of carnitine which is essential for life.
Carnitine tests can be run to see if your son is seriously deficient in this nutrient that the body usually makes for itself.
This is an OTC supplement that you can buy yourself without an RX as well.
Google "valproic acid carnitine" and you can read the scientific papers about this effect.
Take care.
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