Posted by Minnie-Haha on March 19, 2004, at 16:48:44
In reply to Re: Diminished language capacity on antidepressants?, posted by twuffy on March 19, 2004, at 15:15:48
I wondered what Provigil was, too, so I went to HealthSquare.com and found this definition: "Provigil is a stimulant drug used to prevent the excessive daytime sleepiness suffered by people with narcolepsy." I guess it's used for depression, too? I am BP2, so I'm not sure if that would be good for me. I also wondered if getting on thyroid meds (Thyroxine) would be OK, too, but my psychiatrist seems to be fine with the idea. I'm gonna go see my PCP, too, before I get the RX filled, just to see if she's in agreement. Maybe I'll even seek a referral to a thyroid specialist, to get a second opinion. The endocrinologist who RXd the Thyroxine wants to shrink some thyroid nodules, but the symptoms that sent me to him were anxiety, insomnia and nausea -- now kinda low-level, but worse before. My thyroid stimulating hormone is in the low-normal range. Based on that, and my symptoms, I'd say I was closer to being hyper-thyroid right now, as opposed to hypo. I sure don't want to increase my anxiety, insomnia, etc., which has taken me months to get almost under control with a low dose of Ativan. Also, I've had palpitations off and on recently, while I'm ramping up on Trileptal. (My pdoc took me off Lamictal when I got a rash, even though I'm convinced it was a sun allergy. I was on vacation in Hawaii when it happened, using a sunscreen I'd never used before.) Wow... that wandered, didn't it? There you go, that's me lately.
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