Posted by jjjaspar on December 12, 2010, at 10:17:27
In reply to High-dose Provigil a miracle, posted by Ame Sans Vie on March 4, 2003, at 10:11:57
Yeah, Points out how neurological and varied these illnesses are that all get lumped unto the same label. Our family member switched from Provigil to the more pure form - Nuvigil taken just once per day. Still sometimes takes a tiny bit of Provigil on top of that.
Have you had a sleep study? Took a long time before that was suggested, so insurance pays for it. Sleep disorders can be (mis)diagnosed as bipolar, anxiety disorder and schizophrenia, even childhood-onset types.
Since what is essentially a sleep disorder or narcolepsy medication was such a magic bullet for you, three places you might want to look into - Talk About sleep- http://www.TalkAboutSleep.com , It's Not Mental - http://www.ItsNotMental.com , and this about misdiagnoses - mental symptoms from other medical causes - Investigating Mental Illness - http://InvestigatingMentalIllness.blogspot.com/
> Was pretty much at the end of my rope last week with the depression... I figured I'd try anything to get out of it, and remembered some leftover Provigil from a previous prescription. Now, I had only taken 300mg in the past, but I was curious as to the effects of higher doses. So after researching a bit and discovering how low its toxicity is, I took ten 100mg tablets. The effect was astonishing and certainly unexpected, but was certainly anything *but* a "high". If anything, it was simply return to normalcy... the social anxiety just *completely* melted away(?!), the depression-fog lifted, and I was left with nothing but greater energy and much more motivated. No side effects either. It was like finding the Holy Grail, lol.
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