I just went to the doctor who prescribed me Carbamazepine. Has anyone else tried this? The list of side effects is long and horrid. It includes, for more than 1 in 10 people who take the drug, ‘feeling unsteady or finding it difficult to control movements’. I’ve taken it anyway.
Too, too awful. The carbamazepine made the pain a lot better but my walking is much worse than normal now. My bladder control is worse too. I can’t work out if these are effects of the drug or whether all my symptoms are coming from a relapse. I am having a truly horrible time.
Last week I had the worst dental pain ever, couldn’t get to see a dentist either. I bought some clove oil and took some paracetamol with ibuprofen and this week it’s perfectly fine. Only used the oil one day too. No idea what caused it or why it’s gone all of a sudden, it’s obviously a mysterious MS thing (I’d assume)
I posted separately about finding a bmj article which suggests that the worsening of symptoms is caused by the carbamazepine.