@June08

In re "
It is looking like my pdoc and I will probable try tegretol again. Or, a med (name I can't remember) that he said is very close to it."

I know what you mean. There is a medication, its name starts with T, too, and it's close to Tegretol or its metabolite. It's on the tip of my tongue but I cannot remember it (I am also now on Topamax which makes one forget words). I was on that medication for a short period of time and it caused never ending headaches. The pharmacist said that headaches was a common side effect. But maybe you won't get it: I am a migraineur to begin with, after all.