Posted by BJM on April 23, 2006, at 10:00:33
In reply to Re: Husband Giving Up (cont.) - Provigil w/Effexor xr?, posted by flame on April 23, 2006, at 7:55:41
I can give info on my experience with provigil alone and with other meds just not specifically with Effexor but maybe it will help.
I hated Provigil at first but stimulants had nasty effects on me and the fatigue from other meds and sleep problems was so bad that I had to try something. I couldn't handle even 100mg in the beginning so I began breaking those up. My doc knows I'm med sensitive and med paranoid so she let me play around with what worked for me. It was pretty tough the first month or so figuring it out but I'm so glad I stuck with it because Provigil is the one med I would keep over everything else. (Even my AD). What I do now is take 100mg in the morning and 100mg later when I start getting sleepy again. When I'm super groggy in the morning I'll take 200 all at once but I always regret it. I get kinda nasty and I end up crashing mood and energy wise too early in the day. I get a headache if I take 200 all at once also. Breaking it up this way works so well for me and I've heard others say the same thing. Some days I only take the 100 and some days I may end up taking 300 in divided doses. I've never needed to go over 300 though. And the 300 days are very rare. Maybe if my little ones kept me up half the night and I had to take my migraine medicine that made me extra sleepy.
From what I've read and what my doc has told me, Provigil can be really helpful in giving AD's that extra boost, take away the fatigue and blahs that AD's can cause and may actually have its own AD effects.
It really has very little side effects, isn't anything like your typical stimulant, helps keep you awake when you need to be awake and you can still take a nap when you want to on it.
It may take some getting used to but in my experience Provigil is nothing like Ritalin. I've heard its not even real great for ADD. Just make sure once you are sold on it that your insurance company will cover it because not many companies do anymore and it is MEGA EXPENSIVE!!!!!!!!!!
If I can help you anymore let me know. I'm not an expert or anything on it but I've been taking it for 2 years solid and am very happy with it.
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