Tegretol and Nausea: What Users Say

• rsc...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• May 18, 2014

For Bipolar Disorder "This medication is saving my life! It really stabilizes my mood. Before I started taking carbamazepine, I would experience horribly crippling depression in the afternoons combined with very strong urges to self-medicate with alcohol or narcotics. Now I feel about the same all day, never really up and never really down. I have no conflicts taking it with Suboxone. I have only noticed two side effects: nausea (taking it with food fixes that) and increased sleep. I sleep longer than I did before and wake up feeling tired. Actually, it helps me to sleep through the night, which isn't all bad. After I get up, take my other medicines, and have some coffee, I am ready to face the day. Note: I was previously misdiagnosed with major depression."

• Mis...
• October 12, 2011

For Bipolar Disorder "I had a horrible experience after being prescribed Tegretol while in the hospital to treat my bipolar disorder. Within a few days of starting it, I began experiencing the shaking, nausea, etc., but the worst was the extreme anger/irritability I started experiencing. It got to the point that I would have horrible rages and felt like I was completely losing control. I kept asking my doctor to take me off the Tegretol, but he wouldn't. During one of these rages, I ended up fracturing my wrist because I hit a door so hard. After that, he agreed to take me off of it. After talking to other patients, I found out that a lot of them had similar experiences with this uncontrollable anger."

• Fig...
• August 2, 2015

For Bipolar Disorder "I currently take 300 mg of carbamazepine a day, 100 mg in the morning and 200 mg at night. Which is hard for me to remember the different doses because this medication causes me to forget everything. I also had really bad nausea and hot flashes when I first started taking it. I quit smoking cigarettes and drinking alcohol on this drug. Super amazing accomplishments, but on the other hand, I have lost three jobs in six months. Before Tegretol, I was taking 300 mg of Seroquel XR a day, and it made me a completely unemotional zombie. So it's hard for me to control myself sometimes because I'm feeling all these things I haven't felt before. I hope Tegretol can work for me, though, and be my miracle drug, because changing meds is my living nightmare."

• Cro...
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• May 3, 2018

For Trigeminal Neuralgia "Been taking 3x a day for several years. Suffered on and off for decades from head/facial pain with no diagnosis. Finally went to a good neurologist. Tried gabapentin. Didn't work at all. (Neither does Dilaudid.) This does make me groggy still, and I have nausea, brain drain, and more. I would take any side effect for relief from that horrific pain. I've had it so bad, I literally couldn't breathe in. The breakthrough pain I now get is mainly an ache in my ear and sometimes teeth. The side effects also may be from the 15 other meds I take for various problems."

• Fel...
• January 25, 2018

For Trigeminal Neuralgia "While I've taken Tegretol in the past with no issues, this time is different. First time around, no side effects. This time - possibly due to other medication - I've had horrible side effects. Headaches every day, dizziness, nausea to the point of not even enjoying a glass of water. Lightheadedness, unsteady on my feet - going for a walk with my friend the other day, I MUST have looked like a drunk. TBH - this time around, I'd rather have the nerve pain."

• Tdo...
• June 20, 2011

For Bipolar Disorder "I just started taking Tegretol on June 3 for mood stability. Also prescribed Celexa on the same day. I also take Methadone 10 mg 4x a day for chronic pain management for the last 10 yrs. I love how it makes me feel, and it's very hard for me to get angry, BUT it interferes with the methadone. At first, nothing except feeling drunk for the first 4-5 days. Then it started. Withdrawal symptoms, increased pain, restlessness, insomnia, fatigue, and nausea. Not sure if I can continue treatment but will find out on June 24 after my doctor's appointment. Also taking meloxicam. Will let everyone know my results Friday afternoon."

• Hai...
• January 12, 2017

For Bipolar Disorder "I just started Tegretol 2 days ago in conjunction with Cipralex and Clonazepam. I've taken the last two mentioned for years up until a few months ago and never had side effects, so I know the side effects are from the Tegretol. No appetite. Nausea and severe migraines. Definitely making me more hopeful and less suicidal and less impulsive, but I just hope the physical symptoms go away soon. I've never been on Tegretol before."

• Adv...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• December 4, 2024

"I've been on this med for a few months. I haven't experienced any highs or lows yet. Some of the side effects I've had are that I am still getting nausea after a few months. Sometimes when I stand up, I get light-headed and dizzy. I feel like I have some light tremors. At times, I feel like I get hot flashes that come and go. I'm still too young to be in menopause as well. I saw another man had mentioned this in his review too about having the hot flashes. At times, I feel tired and less motivated. I'm losing some weight, but that may be because I came off the drug risperidone, which I was on for 25 years."

• Jay...
• November 9, 2015

For Bipolar Disorder "On 400 mg, making me very nauseous, along with neck and shoulder pain."