Posted by SLS on June 18, 2000, at 20:44:13
In reply to Re: Parnate and Adrafanil?, posted by JohnL on June 17, 2000, at 18:08:21
> Scott,
> I dumped the Provigil. I couldn't even get past 50mg without feeling like I got hit by a freight train. At first it did seem pretty good. But that was short lived and soon overwhelmed by monsterous totally unexpected side effects. I think Provigil is a wonderful medication, but for some weird reason I was just super sensitive to it. My body just flat out rejected it.
>
> Returning to Adrafinil was the obvious move. But I did have some troubling impotence with Adrafinil. So that caused some hesitation. Then I began wondering, what else can I do to both enhance NE function and have a good sex life simultaneously? Surely there must be something. And there is. I found it. But I'll save that discussion for another post.
I AM NOT GOING TO SLEEP UNTIL YOU TELL ME !> Anyway, in my lone n=1 trial, Adrafinil and Provigil are completely totally different drugs. I can't even imagine them being in the same class. But that's just me. Oh well. We try, we learn, right? As far as someone else deciding between one or the other, I think it would be wrong to base anything on my n=1 experience. I think a flip of the coin would be about as accurate a guess as we can make. Whatever works. I've never been able to predict in advance how any med would work out. Just have to try it and see. I wish I knew a better way.
> JohnLI can't tell you how much I appreciate your input. Both you and AndrewB make excellent reporters, and are invaluable to the pursuit of new treatment approaches here. I hope your response to your new treatment is as robust as is your enthusiasm. I am looking forward to hearing about it.
THANKS.
Good Luck.
- Scott
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