I take Trileptal. Trileptal and Tegretol can interfere with several forms of hormonal contraceptives, so that's something to discuss with a doctor.

Apparently, Trileptal doesn't cause significant -- if any -- weight gain issues (Trileptal: Everyone?s Using It! | Psych Central Professional). I've taken it for half a year, and haven't had any problems with depressed sexuality or weight gain.

Of course, different people react differently to Trileptal. I don't know if I'm a particularly big fan. It does keep me stable, but it flattens the nuances of my emotional spectrum (so now I feel a small selection of very discrete and basic emotions, e.g. anxiety, paralyzing (physical) depressive lethargy, and happiness. Of course, none of these moods are as elevated as before, which is nice, and I'm still on a relatively small dose and slowly titrating upward. Things I can't feel: anger, sadness. I can't cry even if I try. I am no longer touched by art or music, which feels terrible in some ways). Trileptal also causes a lot of drowsiness and disorientation in the morning (sometimes double vision), although those effects go away after a few weeks.

Good luck, Hamster!