"this medication is saving my life!  it really stabilizes my mood.  before i started taking carbamazepine i would experience horribly crippling depression in the afternoons combined with very strong urges to self medicate with alcohol or narcotics.  now i feel about the same all day, never really up and never really down.  i have no conflicts taking it with suboxone. i have only noticed two side effects: nausea, taking it with food fixes that, and increased sleep.  i sleep longer than i did before and wake up feeling tired.  actually it helps me to sleep through the night, which isn&#039;t all bad.  after i get up, take my other medicines, and have some coffee i am ready to face the day.  note: i was previously misdiagnosed with major depression."