| Roger Russell 2006-05-19, 11:10 am |
| My dr had me try provigil (200 mg) for 2 weeks. It was horrible, I
had brain fog at 90 mph instead of my normal speed. I was wide awake
and had difficulty sleeping. Heck, I had a hard time just sitting,
or lying still for more than 2 minutes! Sleeping was horrible, I'd
force myself to lay stitll long enough to drift off and would wake up
with a horrible headache. for a couple of days it waas 3-5 hours of
sleep barefly. I had been sleeping 12-14 hours daily for 7-8 years,
so that was quite a change. After 3 days he had me cut the dosage in
half, that helped some, I was able to hold still long enough to rest,
and talk normally again, instead of like a speed freak.
After 2 weeks I stopped taking it, and within a couple days felt less
'turbo charged'. But I'm still only sleeping 8-9 hours a night for
the last 2 months, even after quiting the medication. As horrible
as the experience was, that was the largest single improvement I've
had in years, going from 12-8 hours of sleep a night. I'd do it again
in a heartbeat. Now, if there was only some way of dealing with the
other symptoms!
On May 18, 2006, at 1:20 PM, Tony wrote:
> X-No-Archive: yes
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> Is anybody on Provigil? What do you think about it? Were you able
> to get your insurance to pay for it?
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