Posted by bulldog2 on March 4, 2008, at 11:23:33
In reply to Now it's Ixel and Provigil; and apologies » Celt, posted by atmlady on February 27, 2008, at 21:36:09
> Hi, Celt - In taking Ixel and Trivastal together I was trying to mimic the effects of Wellbutrin and Lexapro together, in other words, affect SE, NE and dopamine. I took the combo about two weeks and was feeling good, but was also kinda foggy headed which is not good for schoolwork. Then I happened to finally receive the provigil I'd ordered in the mail. Provigil being a dopamine re-uptake inhibitor and Trivistal being a dopamine agonist, I had ordered both (and some others) to experiment with the Ixel.
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> So one day (same day I just happened to take my laptop into the shop for a new hard drive and so was incommunicado with psychobabble for a while) I subbed the provigil for the trivistal and "Katie bar the door", as the saying goes. I guess it's been about a month now, and life has just exploded. I finally felt good enough to get off my duff and get a part-time job (I'm a full-time student too) and between those two obligations I am going, going, going. Holy moly!
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> I do miss the great sleep I was having with the Trivistal, the deep, long naps and the pleasant and vivid dreams; I had said in previous posts that it was mildly stimulating - oh ha ha ha - what does a depressed person know about feeling stimulated?
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> But this provigil is, man o man, like dynamite, for me anyway. I'm only taking 100mg a day with my 100mg ixel. Finally getting some stuff done, and mood is pretty good. Not sleeping much, but not seeming any worse the wear because of it. My psychiatrist seemed to think the combo was OK; wrote me a script for the provigil.
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> So that's where I'm at these days, and I apologize to everyone for the disappearing act - life has just been on fast-forward for me this past month!No more trivastal?
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