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Posted by e503 on June 6, 2003, at 9:51:45
I have been on wellbutrin for a few months, with not a lot of success. Doc wants me to try provigil. I have ADD and was on dexedrine for a few years, but decided to try something different. Can anyone tell me their experiences plus or minuses with these meds?
thanks,
elise
Posted by Snoozy on June 6, 2003, at 10:17:49
In reply to wellbutrin/provigil, posted by e503 on June 6, 2003, at 9:51:45
Hi -
I've been on 400mg Wellbutrin for years, and I tried adding 200mg of Provigil for a few weeks recently. I'll probably go back to it if I can get my insurance to cover it.
Do you have symptoms other than ADD - depression, anxiety, etc? And what is your Wellbutrin dosage?
My main problem is excessive sleepiness (13-15 hours a day, but still always sleepy). The Provigil did help some with alertness, which helped my concentration/focus. Provigil is subtle, there's no rush like the rush you get from coffee or other stims. I wasn't able to stay on it very long, but I wasn't having any big problems with side effects.
I have read a few people here have taken it for ADD - I hope they can help you a bit more!
> I have been on wellbutrin for a few months, with not a lot of success. Doc wants me to try provigil. I have ADD and was on dexedrine for a few years, but decided to try something different. Can anyone tell me their experiences plus or minuses with these meds?
> thanks,
> elise
Posted by zoe on June 6, 2003, at 10:51:26
In reply to Re: wellbutrin/provigil » e503, posted by Snoozy on June 6, 2003, at 10:17:49
I have been on wellbutrin/provigil combo for just over a year now. currently am on 200 mg a day of provigil and 100 mg bid of wellbutrin. this is for depression/social anxiety. i have found it to be an excellent combination, and have been very stable on it. i was initially on 450 mg a day of the wellbutrin but weaned off some of it once i started the provigil.
Posted by wendy b. on June 7, 2003, at 23:40:38
In reply to wellbutrin/provigil, posted by e503 on June 6, 2003, at 9:51:45
Dear Elise,
> I have been on wellbutrin for a few months, with not a lot of success.
What is your diagnosis besides ADD, if any? What doseage of Wellbutrin?
>Doc wants me to try provigil. I have ADD and was on dexedrine for a few years, but decided to try something different.Why did you decide this? Was the dex giving you a bad side-effect? Did it calm you or send you too high?
>Can anyone tell me their experiences plus or minuses with these meds?
> thanks,
> eliseI have bipolar 2 and ADHD. Sometimes I think just ADHD, with related depression, but the jury is still out on that - in any case, it doesn't make any difference, because it's the symptoms one is treating, not the diagnosis. I am on 400 mg Wellbutrin SR a day, and 200 mg Provigil (I take 200 mg Wellbu. in the a.m., 100 at noon, and another 100 at dinnertime; I take 150 mg Provigil in the a.m., and the other 50 at dinnertime). I also take a 600 mg tab of Neurontin (for mood-stabilization) at night before bed...
The Wellbu is good for the depression, although I was getting some breakthrough apathy and hopelessness-type feelings. I was also tired during the day a lot, and my ADHD was not being addressed by the Wellbu only. The Provigil helped A LOT with mood (I have not felt the hopeless stuff ever since I went on it), and also with concentration and focus (I finished reading books I had started months -- hell, years -- before; I opened mail which had been going ignored for months, stuff like that...) I stopped being tired during the day, and I also lost 18 lbs on Provigil (got to my pre-baby weight for the first time in a decade! yea!), which I totally loved, and that helped with the depression, too, no doubt about that!
Anyway, it's been a great combination for me...
Good luck,
Wendy
Posted by e503 on June 7, 2003, at 23:49:10
In reply to Re: wellbutrin/provigil » e503, posted by wendy b. on June 7, 2003, at 23:40:38
Dear Wendy,
The doc wanted to take me off dexedrine - a different doc had prescribed it to me a few years before and I think for some reason this doc doesn't like it. I did start smoking again after 6 years when On dexedrine and I do believe that it made me want to smoke. I went to wellbutrin because I wanted to quit smoking, which I did....but the wellbutrin really made me apathetic, tired. I was going to sleep before my kids! My doc seems to like provigil a lot. I started it yesterday. Hopefully it will help.
elise
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