Posted by vlvtelvis on April 14, 2001, at 16:27:05
In reply to Re: Adderall/Provigil?, posted by Malcom on April 14, 2001, at 10:56:21
I tried taking 100mgs in the AM and found that it made me feel real mellow. I definatly lost some kind of a mental "edge" I had otherwise. Could it have been interacting with a SSRI?
> Yeah, Provigil can be pretty expensive. I just payed $139.00 for 15 200mg pills. I am splitting them and taking 100mg each day in the morning. Although it helps improve attention and fatigue, it doesn't always last that long and it has some negative side effects. For instance, after it wore off yesterday, I felt very tired, unmotivated and irritable. Then later, I felt very nauseaus. Also, my attention was probably a little worse than normal when it wore off. This is better than Adderall though, because when Adderall wore off, my inattetion would be outrageously bad. One thing I have noticed with Provigil is that my attention will sometimes be improved even though I subjectively feel as though the drug has worn off. But today is only day four. I've been told that the only thing to do is to keep trying medications until one is found that works. But so far, I've tried 7 different medications in 9 different combinations and I've only responded to four of these, and of these, three actually makes things worse overall. Its not that they don't provide benefical effects sometimes, its just that they provide more negative effects than beneficial ones. Does anyone know if Provigil can be combined with anything else? For me, Dexedrine, Adderall and sustained release Ritalin only worked in combination with Zoloft. So I was wondering if Provigil might work better in combination with something else.
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> > > I'm on my second day of Provigil instead of its ancestor Adrafinil. So far so good. It's definitely got more pep to it than Adrafinil. For anyone needing energy and/or motivation and/or pep, Provigil certainly can do that. I hope I'm not speaking too soon because I'm only on day 2. But so far I feel lots of energy and motivation with only a mild revved up feeling. Contrary to Ritalin or Adderall which made me very uncomfortably revved up.
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> > > I think in the future we will see Provigil used more than it is now. It's still fairly new. But I suspect it will end up being used for a wide array of things, including melancholic depression, ADD, and who knows what else.
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> > > I started with a super low dose just to feel it out. That was 50mg. So far that seems to be just fine. I don't feel any need or desire to go any higher at this time.
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> > > But one huge drawback...if you don't have insurance, it can be expensive. My copay was $20, as it always is. No big deal. But I looked at the small print to see what the retail price actually is that my insurance company has to pay. Oh my goodness. $367 for 90 pills? Yikes!
> > > JohnL
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> > Hi JohnL,
> >
> > Was is the name of the book by DR. Jensen and where do I purchase it? I am very interested to see how you think the Provigil is compared to Adafinil.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Lynne
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