Posted by Rick on October 16, 2002, at 17:14:47
In reply to Sounds like ADD, posted by paulk on October 15, 2002, at 22:24:31
> Modafinil(Provigil) gave me a really strange experience. I took it in the morning and an hour later I was nodding off and slept for a few hours. Just the opposite of what I expected. Later I learned it should not have an effect for a week or two.
When I took my first Provigil (200 mg), I could *really* feel it within 2 hours -- which is not to say it made me feel wired, just very awake and "up." I also had that mild euphoria, which went away within a few days. (In fact, my suspicion is that some people who say the Provigil was great for a few days, but then pooped, don't realize that the mild euphoria is only a side effect -- a transient one.)
Despite my own experience, I've seen plenty of people who reported, like you, that Provigil put them to sleep at first. For some people it does seem to take awhile to start working, and for others it just never starts at all. Seems to be some bigtime YMMV with Provigil.
I wonder if previously stimulant-naive people like myself have a quicker and/or stronger response. Also, the fact that I started it while taking some sedating meds may have made the wakefulness impact even more noticeable?
Rick
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