Posted by lori on May 10, 2000 at 21:05:03:

In Reply to: Tegratol posted by colin on May 10, 2000 at 16:57:37:

i wish i could say something to help you but it's hard to say how someone will react to a drug if they have allergies. tegretol in and of itself isn't bad. i've been taking it for many years. the side affects only bothered me for one or two weeks at the beginning. the side affects are bad at the beginning but it's nothing you can't bear. you might need to take aspirin for a few days for a headache, and sleep alot, i slept for almost twenty hours a day that first week, and you might be dizzy when you stand up, but on a misery scale of one through ten probably a five or six, only because your life is disrupted for a little while not because it's actually so bad.i wouldn't rate it any worse misery wise than a case of flu. i don't know what your symptoms are but im sure the temporary side affects of tegretol are not nearly as bad as whatever it is your being treated for. i hope i was able to help.i hope you feel better soon. lori