Posted by 1980Monroe on July 8, 2004, at 19:24:48
In reply to Re: Adderall Info, posted by craig getty on July 8, 2004, at 16:43:46
I have not tooken Provigil, but i know it defintly has a diffrent mechanism of action than Adderall or Dexedrine. Provigil is mainly for Excessive daytime sleepiness. I dont belive it would bring the same motivation as well as Dexedrine or Adderall, mainly because provigil does not directly stimulate dopamine into the synapse, dopamine is a neurotransmitter that deals much with exitment, motivation, and ambition. Back in school, in english class, reading some boring poem, i did not give a crap about it when i was unmedicated. Adderall gives a sense of arousal in what ever activity you are currently doing, I noticed more intrest and enthusiasm without any base reason, but i actually enjoyed doing tasks that i dont take intrest in when i'm unmedicated.
If you have been diagnosed with ADD, adderall will be a drug of choice to start with, but strattera is new and it wants to be tried, so you may have to start out with it.
I was on strattera for a 8 week period, it was not effective on me. Strattera doesnt provide the same since of intrest, it improves organizational skills a bit, and attention some, but not really motivation compared to adderall becuase it does not effect dopamine, only noradrenaline.
Wellbutrin, acutally i started it in the first place becuase i belived it would give me also a sense of motivation, since it is a dopamine reptake inhibitor, but i realized its not as direct, becuase really its main purpose is just an anti-depressant, not a psychostimulant. The motivation is somewhat noticable, but not at all reienforcing like adderall.
Good luck to you, and i hope you will find the medication of your need.
Matt
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