I have been diagnosed with mild hyponatremia my number is 130 normal is 135 and up. I have been on tegretol for 6 months now and it was working wonderfully. I fear they will have to switch my meds. Could not take carbamazepine had really bad side effects also. Not sure what is left Only been on drug treatments total of 1 year. I have to get new blood work done Dec 23rd to see if it's progressing. I've been feeling dizzy, light headed and sick to my stomach. Also have leg cramps almost every morning when I wake up. I've been drinking small glasses of Gatorade, which seem to be helping; could be my imagination. Has anyone had this happen to them? Could you still take Tegretol? What drug did they switch you to? Getting so down in the dumps.
I didn't have this happen but I couldn't tolerate Tegretol. It slowed down my thinking really bad. There are more drugs, neurotin, lyrica, Trileptal (which is like Tegretol). Those are just a few. I hope this helps.