Posted by Cairo on June 6, 2005, at 7:35:34
In reply to Provigil compared to stimulants? Thoughts pls, posted by Maxime on June 5, 2005, at 15:16:43
My daughter takes Provigil for fatigue and because she can't take stimulants due to anxiety side effects. Provigil definitely helps with the fatigue and alertness and I think because of that also makes her a little more pro-social. She had headaches when we raised the dose to 200mg, so we now split the dose at 150mg in the am and 50mg at lunch which also seems to help with rebound fatigue. When we forget to give her a dose at lunch, she is more irritable and tired.
Because some of her fatigue was due to Lexapro, I researched and read that Provigil is used to combat SSRI fatigue and cognitive side effects. Switched her to Zoloft and definitely less fatigue and cognitive issues on that one. Perhaps you might look at your other meds and determine which one might be contributing most to fatigue and consider a switch, if possible. If not, Provigil might help.
Cairo
> Hi.
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> I take Dexedrine to help with daytime fatigue cause partially by Parnate and partially by I don't know what.
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> Adderall XR was great until it was removed from Canada. If I had the money I would go to the US and see a doctor and get a prescription.
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> I crash on Dexedrine (even worse on Ritalin) which is why I hate it so much.
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> So what about Provigil? What are the pros and cons of this med? What is the most annoying side effect you get from it? Do you crash once it wears off? When I say crash I mean fall into a depressed state.
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> Any insight you can give me would be great. I know there have been many posts about this med, but no one has written about the crash and burn effect if there is any.
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> Thanks in advance.
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> Maxime
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