Similar to Dilantin, Tegretol should be taken with Milk, Food or Juice.
The Controlled Release (XR or CR) works better for some of us than the
straight Tegretol pill.

**However, Grapefruit juice has an acid that other citrus drinks don't, so
it shouldn't be used with Tegretol.   In case you were, I thought I should
add that.
  If you're getting your prescriptions from Shoppers Drug mart (Canada),
that should already be on the 'Healthwatch' Printout they give with new
prescriptions (grapefruit comment was added about 1996).
  Upset stomach remedies and **Alcohol also mess up Tegretol levels (that
too is similar to a lot of AEDs).
  Like Dilantin, it depends on a routine med. level as the Doctor
recommends, and should not be altered or **stopped promptly.  If the pills
were taken (by someone reading this) but only erratically, that can cause
potential 'recoil seizures' (my term)  from the withdrawal, if the pills
aren't being taken each day as they prescribed.

   After about 2? years on Tegretol CR, I had to reduce the night dose and
augment my pill levels with a second med. (Clobazam = Frisium) for Complex
Partial (Temporal Lobe) seizures.  Once I got to a stable morning dose of
Tegretol and Frisium and night dose of Frisium, I haven't had another
seizure for my type since 1998.
 P.S.  I'd be somewhat surprised if they moved you back to Dilantin (a
1930s medication) from the more recent Tegretol.  They might alter the doses
like above, upward or down, or add a second complimentary Med. instead.

  What do you mean below by 'little seizures'?   Auras and dizzy or drunk
feelings? or full 'drop down' type seizures?   A 'drunk' sensation, possibly
the dizzy spells too,  might mean the dose is too high, Auras still or
Simple Partial seizures might mean the dose level might need adjusting
upward slightly, for you body weight and metabolism.  (Each of us is
different so some of these pills need minor adjustments, if things are only
a little out of Whack.  Major out of whack might need more Medical tests.