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Posted by meAgain on February 5, 2007, at 22:34:10
Anyone have exerprience with Provigil? good or bad?..thanks, em
Posted by delna on February 6, 2007, at 8:42:38
In reply to Provigil-feedback, posted by meAgain on February 5, 2007, at 22:34:10
Yes...a good experience :) It keeps me awake and alert but doesn't cause anxiety or agitation. I have even had to take Ritalin due to excessive sleepiness associated with my bipolar depression but that just made me manic.!
So this has been good. I take 100mg in the morning. I'm not sure what you are going to be taking it for..I am taking it just to combat sleepiness and fogginess, not as a mood enhancer...I am on many other drugs that are helping the bipolar depression.
Anyway I am finding it good and have had no side effects worth mentioning..
Good Luck
Posted by gardenergirl on February 6, 2007, at 13:35:55
In reply to Re: Provigil-feedback » meAgain, posted by delna on February 6, 2007, at 8:42:38
I've had a good experience with it as well. It's helped to regulate my sleep-wake cycle and allows me to get up in the a.m. I used to sleep very late and very often over-slept. Or I was so groggy in the a.m. that even if I were awake, I didn't function well.
I take it for ADHD. I can't take any of the usual meds for ADHD since I also take an MAOI. It doesn't do anything for concentration, per se, which I was hoping for, but it does help with impulsivity, which is good.
The only side effect I recall was a headache for less than a week when I first started and when I went from 100 mg to 200 mg.
namasté
gg
Posted by Chairman_MAO on February 7, 2007, at 11:19:10
In reply to Provigil-feedback, posted by meAgain on February 5, 2007, at 22:34:10
Good nor bad. I noticed nothing.
Posted by ed_uk on February 7, 2007, at 15:23:42
In reply to Re: Provigil-feedback » meAgain, posted by Chairman_MAO on February 7, 2007, at 11:19:10
Funny, I think Provigil actually made me more tired. It's also ludicrously overpriced.
Posted by lcat10 on February 7, 2007, at 22:53:21
In reply to Provigil-feedback, posted by meAgain on February 5, 2007, at 22:34:10
I had a very bad experience with Provigil. It had the opposite effect on me that it is supposed to have. I was still tired in the p.m.; my memory was worse; my brain felt like it had turned to stone; I was confused and could not concentrate, and I was apparently saying and doing things I don't remember. Was very bad for me.
Posted by christmas on February 8, 2007, at 16:47:50
In reply to Provigil-feedback, posted by meAgain on February 5, 2007, at 22:34:10
Provigil = a pot of coffee!Yours Truly,
James
Posted by Dinah on February 9, 2007, at 14:09:02
In reply to Re: Provigil-feedback » meAgain, posted by christmas on February 8, 2007, at 16:47:50
This is another drug that I've found suits me very well. I had expected to feel hyper or anxious on it, but I don't. I just feel awake, and possibly more focussed.
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