How long after starting Tegretol did you experience side effects?
I started the Tegretol Thursday night and took my second dose Friday morning before work. The phone ringing, the fax dialing, the microwave beeping, and even some of the voices on the tv are all deeper since then. At work Friday I kept asking if it was just me or if anyone else noticed the deeper sounding tones but nobody really answered me. That was before I saw the side effect of hearing problems on the sheet when I read the info to a coworker. So is it the Tegretol or something else?
The doctor told me to not take the Tegretol tonight or tomorrow morning. I have the MRI noonish. I'm to call her after the MRI if hadn't heard from her by then.
"Hearing problems" is in the third paragraph both on the printout that comes from the pharmacist and on WebMD under "unlikely but serious side effects" category. If I had any of the other side effects they weren't noticeable, either because they were minor or I already experience them so I didn't know anything was different. Pretty much I've experienced all the symptoms but vomiting, fast/slow/irregular heartbeat, fainting, chest pain, and the rash with conditions or mock conditions I've had over the years.
Kc Dancer Kc said:
with alllllll the meds that we try -- remember to ask your pharmacist about the top 10 side effects -- doctors sometimes brush them off!