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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.
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.
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...
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...
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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