What kinds of side effects have you noticed from Tegretol? I had one doctor who wanted me to switch to that, but there was a girl at work who was using it & who had NO life in her, the girl who was like a zombie & I was afraid that Tegretol made ALL people like that! Either she really was like that or her doctor needed to lower her dosage!
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It's kind of hard to say because when I started it I was also on 2 other anti-epileptic drugs at the same time that had much worse side-effects. Also, I've been on it so long that most things (like my bad memory) I have just accepted as being a part of who I am.
Having said that, the things I think are likely to be side-effects are my bad memory, me getting over-emotional over very small things. I think this is a side-effect because it's not a constant issue with me and other times I'm very cool. I do find it hard to concentrate sometimes. I know if I"m tired and trying to read a book I'll realise that my mind had been wandering for the last paragraph or 2 so I'll need to re-read that bit. It can be a bit frustrating & I've wondered how it's effected my self-perception but at this point I don't really see a choice.
Despite all these issues I've found that tegretol has had the mildest side-effects than any other AED I've tried.