Posted by Dinah on November 6, 2007, at 21:07:45
In reply to Re: Provigil dependence? - Feel need 2x 200mg a da, posted by War-Face on November 6, 2007, at 20:29:16
Probably not without breaks. I am not that constant about anything I do, except maybe my nighttime meds. If I don't take my nighttime meds, I wake up at three am with my ears ringing.
But at least a year, maybe two, of fairly consistent use at 100 mg. Then a while longer at 100 mg morning and 100 mg midday which wasn't much of an improvement from 100 mg total. I've been on 200 mg in the morning for two or three months, I think. And since my doctor says it's ok to take up to 300 mg, I sometimes take another half a tablet that I've saved from days I don't mind nodding off for a few hours midday.
My insurance company refused to cover it at all for a while until I got a new sleep neurologist, so I did go off it completely. I didn't find that I had any withdrawal symptoms other than a return of excessive daytime sleepiness. Since that's why I was on it to begin with, I'd say there was no withdrawal symptoms at all.
It also doesn't make me feel particularly energetic or jittery. I just somehow don't fall flat on my face from an overwhelming desire to sleep.
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