page.. hello to u and my gurl is 13 and has been on all dose sizes of risperdal all the way to now shes on 4mg doseage.. and her doc in the phyc hosiptal feels its doin good but shes also on strattera 60mg a night and on tenex 1mg a night 2x a day...see her meds wasnt working when she was on risperdal 3mg and strattera 60 mg and ridlin 10mg and adderall xr 20mg.. so i had to put her in hosiptal.. and as soon as she went in they took her off the adderal xr and ridlin and upped her risperdal to 4mg..so now she has less anger issues and less aggrestion.. which is great.. shes been there 2 weeks and maybe gets to come home wed the 15th of aug... but depakote i am sorry no idea bout it... just know risperdal is helping as far as i know..so i wish u best of luck...and this is awsome support.... hugs..davina