Psycho-Babble Medication Thread 52097

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Provigil for ADD

Posted by Ignatz on January 20, 2001, at 15:19:43

My p-doc prescribed Provigil for ADD for me. (I take 187.5 a day Effexor XR; have been Effexor, and Zoloft before that, for 8 years for depression. I've never tried ADD meds before... figured I could deal with it without them.) I've taken it 5 times. The first time I felt great, very spirited and focused. (Placebo?) The second time, I felt strung out. The next 2, I felt tired. And today, I feel tired and nauseous. With this trajectory, it's hard to get up a lot of enthuasiasm to try it again tomorrow!
I'm wondering if anyone else has tried this stuff for ADD and with what results.

 

Re: Provigil for ADD » Ignatz

Posted by mars on January 20, 2001, at 19:41:51

In reply to Provigil for ADD, posted by Ignatz on January 20, 2001, at 15:19:43

Hiya ignatz ~ (and hey, i'm a krazy kat fan, bigtime)

I've been taking Provigil. I have ADD (i'm bipolar II or III, have fetal alcohol effects) but can't tolerate the meds for it. The drug company that makes Provigil released a study saying it it was *not* effective for ADD. It picks my mind up a bit, but I still can't get out of bed too often....

I've had the tired effect, too, but after I took it for awhile it adjusted itself so that I got tired at the end of the day. I'm actually sleeping, first time in a long, long time. It's affected my appetite oddly - no nausea, but I seem to swing from not eating at all to overeating.

I take Effexor, too, and lithium and thyroid meds.

Good luck,

mary


> My p-doc prescribed Provigil for ADD for me. (I take 187.5 a day Effexor XR; have been Effexor, and Zoloft before that, for 8 years for depression. I've never tried ADD meds before... figured I could deal with it without them.) I've taken it 5 times. The first time I felt great, very spirited and focused. (Placebo?) The second time, I felt strung out. The next 2, I felt tired. And today, I feel tired and nauseous. With this trajectory, it's hard to get up a lot of enthuasiasm to try it again tomorrow!
> I'm wondering if anyone else has tried this stuff for ADD and with what results.

 

Re: Provigil for ADD

Posted by Ignatz on January 20, 2001, at 22:55:01

In reply to Re: Provigil for ADD » Ignatz, posted by mars on January 20, 2001, at 19:41:51

Hi Mars,
Good call on the Krazy Kat-- that George Herriman was a genius.
Interesting that my p-doc prescribed it if it's "not effective" for ADD. I think he wanted to avoid schedule 2 drugs...

 

Re: Provigil for ADD » Ignatz

Posted by mars on January 20, 2001, at 23:54:48

In reply to Re: Provigil for ADD, posted by Ignatz on January 20, 2001, at 22:55:01

Hey Ignatz ~

About the Provigil - there was initial hope that it would be effective for ADD. I sure was hoping. There may be atypical responses to it where it does help ADD - just not enough for the company raking in all the bucks off its sales to make a broad claim. (I'm paying for it out of pocket - yikes! - but it does seem to help with my mental alertness and doesn't disrupt my sleep like ritalin and dexedrine do.)

My mom called me ignatz when i was little - she grew up with Herriman's stuff, and i think she loved the sound of the word. She even had an original copy of "Archie and Mehitabel" and this great puppet/bottle cover named Mehitabel. It greatly cheered me to be reminded of Coconino County - I'm having a rough day. Thanks.

Let me know how it goes with you. I hope the Provigil helps you.

best,

mary

> Hi Mars,
> Good call on the Krazy Kat-- that George Herriman was a genius.
> Interesting that my p-doc prescribed it if it's "not effective" for ADD. I think he wanted to avoid schedule 2 drugs...

 

Re: Provigil for ADD Ignatz

Posted by JohnL on January 21, 2001, at 6:04:22

In reply to Provigil for ADD, posted by Ignatz on January 20, 2001, at 15:19:43

> My p-doc prescribed Provigil for ADD for me. (I take 187.5 a day Effexor XR; have been Effexor, and Zoloft before that, for 8 years for depression. I've never tried ADD meds before... figured I could deal with it without them.) I've taken it 5 times. The first time I felt great, very spirited and focused. (Placebo?) The second time, I felt strung out. The next 2, I felt tired. And today, I feel tired and nauseous. With this trajectory, it's hard to get up a lot of enthuasiasm to try it again tomorrow!
> I'm wondering if anyone else has tried this stuff for ADD and with what results.

Hi,
Wow, your experience was exactly like mine. I tried Provigil for depression, not ADD. But still, my reaction was just like yours. It was good the first day, but turned into serious tiredness, lethargy, and lack of appetite. I thought I was coming down with the flu. But it was the Provigil. And even though I felt like crap, I could feel a craving to take another dose, very much like an addiction thing. Anyway, after a week of this garbage I said no way, and weened off it in a few days.

Though you would have to mailorder it, a far better drug is Adrafinil. It is the ancestor from which Provigil was invented. Regardless that Provigil is supposedly better and a heck of a lot more expensive, I find Adrafinil to be a great drug. Provigil is a very close cousin, yet is dramatically different. They aren't at all similar in any way, in my experiments. Adrafinil by the way is easy to get, gentle, and costs about $25 a month.
John


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