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provigil making me happy?

Posted by llrrrpp on July 3, 2006, at 17:31:26

Hi all,
I asked my pdoc for something to help me with excess sleepiness. I was taking 3-4 naps a day, despite excessive caffeine doses. yawning and getting mini cataplectic attacks of muscle weakness.

I have been feeling not so depressed lately, probably due to dose increase from 60-90 mg cymbalta. I also take 25 mg of seroquel (to help me stay asleep, and helps with depressive rumination and nighttime anxiety also). But on the other hand, I didn't feel like doing anything but lounge and nap.

So I took my first dose of provigil 200mg about 5 hours ago. I feel AWESOME! I haven't felt this good since? god knows when! I got a lot of errands done, and I feel more organized. And I just feel happy. I have to say. mild euphoria. Kinda scary, but that's the best explanation. I'm worried I'm going to go hug a stranger (okay, that's not going to happen!) I haven't yawned in over half an hour, or gotten an attack of the yawning-eyes tearing-wobbly rubber legs vertigo since I took it.

I feel like I used to. When I was all healthy, and organized, and exercising regularly and had lots of energy.

Even if this "side effect" goes away, it was worth it for one happy afternoon. It was ALL worth it. 3 months of tinkering with meds, for someone who's never exposed her brain to anything stronger than coffee, alcohol, and the occasional narcotic pain reliever. 3 months of icky reliving of past traumas and confessing my guilt to a complete stranger, of whom I know nothing more personal than his name, degree, and appearance. 3 months of lost work, embarrassing social gaffes, losing and gaining 10 pound (hint- it all came back as blubber -ick). 3 months of often crippling fear that I was going to become "unsafe" and have to be hospitalized. Physical and psychological pain. But for one afternooon of happy. yep. PEOPLE- hang in there! I'm sending a happy afternoon to all of you. It might take a few weeks to kick in, but it's on it's way!

(((((((((((((happy))))))))))))))

you want some too, right? I'll send it your way. just touch the computer screen and repeat after me:

ZZZAAAPPPPPzing!

ciao a tutti,
-ll

p.s. I'm so glad I had the guts to talk to my pdoc about my sleepiness. It's so hard sometimes to ask for help.


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