Never heard of tegretol. Depakote, I had side effects too.

I took the trazadone Saturday night, and told my gf that I needed 7+ hours to sleep. When she woke me I only had gotten just over 5. I don't remember the first hour or so of waking up/being awake. Just tid bits - means I was super groggy and I couldn't function. I would not drive a car, for instance. I also had a sinus migraine because of the weather change here, so there were two factors.
I went to sleep for two more hours and felt good (other than the headache still, but I could function)

The one thing that Lith should have been controlling was my temper. I have a short fuse sometimes and anger issues, and that has been pretty consistent since I was a teenager (I can just control it better using adult logic, sometimes )
That will be the next to work on with psych, getting my anger under control.