I just went on Tegretol recently as a mood stabilizer. I've been on about everything else but Lithium over the last 10 years and was taken off of all of them for various reasons. I am particularly finding that I am even more of a basket case, but I guess I am tolerating it otherwise. I also have had facial pain for awhile, so the hope was it would help that, too--and it does seem to be. Can anybody give me any comfort that it will be okay?