Hi bitterbee,

I took Tegretol before for several months even maybe a year without any bad side effects, except for perhaps weight gain and I think it made me groggy or fuzzy. I took Lithium not too long ago and after a month or so I had to get off due to it making my hands shake and weight gain. Now I just had to get back off Lamictal yesterday per my pdoc thinks it could be the problem of my red bumps rash like all over by back and arms with extreme itching. So right now I am titrating back on Trileptal and also taking Invega and Ativan, but I'm not sure one mood swing med will cut it. I hope you have better luck finding the one med that doesn't cause so many problems. Just to note one year ago I was on 8 psy meds each day and I was a walking zombie. Thank God I got off most of them. I am just waiting to find the right med combination and I am not there yet like you.