Okay, thought I'd finally found my "miracle pill" that took away all that horrible nerve pain. It really worked!!!! But.....about six days into it, I was wondering why I seemed so weak, couldn't stand up as well, or slide my feet around to sit in the recliner, sore throat, achey and headache. You guessed it, side effects of the Carbamacezine (Tegretol). The neuro stopped the med, have to get bloodwork done as it can cause aplastic anemia -- I'm anemic all ready -- and see my pcp to check my general health. At least that worked out okay as I'd made an appointment for Thursday six months ago. I'm going to ask if it's possible to just take 1/2 a pill once or twice a week being it worked so well. We'll see.

The fatigue has been worse too, couldn't stay awake to enjoy my new "pain free" status! Oh yes, it took me 45 minutes to get out of bed Sunday -- then it was pain all day. For some reason, I feel better the next day if I sort of sleep in the recliner.

Ya know......why couldn't just one thing work like it was supposed to.....