Posted by mars on January 20, 2001, at 19:41:51
In reply to Provigil for ADD, posted by Ignatz on January 20, 2001, at 15:19:43
Hiya ignatz ~ (and hey, i'm a krazy kat fan, bigtime)
I've been taking Provigil. I have ADD (i'm bipolar II or III, have fetal alcohol effects) but can't tolerate the meds for it. The drug company that makes Provigil released a study saying it it was *not* effective for ADD. It picks my mind up a bit, but I still can't get out of bed too often....
I've had the tired effect, too, but after I took it for awhile it adjusted itself so that I got tired at the end of the day. I'm actually sleeping, first time in a long, long time. It's affected my appetite oddly - no nausea, but I seem to swing from not eating at all to overeating.
I take Effexor, too, and lithium and thyroid meds.
Good luck,
mary
> My p-doc prescribed Provigil for ADD for me. (I take 187.5 a day Effexor XR; have been Effexor, and Zoloft before that, for 8 years for depression. I've never tried ADD meds before... figured I could deal with it without them.) I've taken it 5 times. The first time I felt great, very spirited and focused. (Placebo?) The second time, I felt strung out. The next 2, I felt tired. And today, I feel tired and nauseous. With this trajectory, it's hard to get up a lot of enthuasiasm to try it again tomorrow!
> I'm wondering if anyone else has tried this stuff for ADD and with what results.
poster:mars
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