Posted by not exactly on February 4, 2003, at 21:12:52
In reply to Re: Listening to Cocaine AND TO ALL OF YOU !!! » fachad, posted by LAURA777 on February 4, 2003, at 19:31:48
I've tried Provigil. Recently. Liked it a lot. It's not really an AD, and it barely touched the anhedonia thing, but it did help. Boosted mood, gave me motivation, helped me think more clearly. I needed less sleep and found it easier to get going in the morning. The first day I took it, I ended up driving around my neighborhood for hours, discovering streets, buildings, lakes, hills that I never knew existed, and found the whole experience delightful. In the next few weeks, I readily accomplished many tasks that I had been procrastinating.
But (you knew there was going to be a "but", didn't you) it didn't last. I developed a tolerance after about a month, and all the benefits slowly faded away. Boosting the dose in an effort to regain the positive effects seemed like a bad idea, so I just gave up on it. I've been slowly tapering off the dosage (for fear of a hypersomnia rebound) and should be down to 0 soon. Maybe it will work again if I wait for my neurochemistry to readjust to its absence. I might just save it for "special occasions".
If you were taking it as a narcolepsy cure (its approved use), it might remain effective indefinitely. But as a mood enhancer or AD adjunct, it appears to give only short-term benefits (others have reported similarly rapid poop-out reactions). However, YMMV. Seems worth a try.
- Bob
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