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Nausea is a very common side effect when first beginning any of these meds that affect the temporal lobe. A common starter dose is 100-200mg two times a day and you can take all the way up to 1200 mg per day. The side effects can make you feel unsteady, dizzy, even like you're really drunk. Sometimes this can take weeks to go away...and then whenever the dosage is increased, you usually feel it again, but for a shorter time.

Is your daughter taking any other meds? In the U.S., Tegretol is not usually given by itself for bipolar disorder. It works ok, but certainly isn't the best mood stabilizer out there. It is usually prescribed when other mood stabilizers have not worked, or it is used as an add-on. My son takes it in combination with lithium and Lamictal.

How long has your daughter been taking it?