"i had a very good experience on tegretol. i had no side effects and was feeling better within three days. on top of stabilizing my moods it also reduced my fibromyalgia pain by a good 90% (which also helped my mood a lot).  the only reason i stopped taking it is because i&#039;m working on becoming pregnant and it does have some nasty side effects there.  the new medicines i&#039;m on don&#039;t work quite as well and i plan to go back on tegretol as soon as i have a child."