Provigil for bipolar
Common Questions and Answers about Provigil for bipolar
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If I need quick short bursts of energy I take Ritalin if I need to stay awake and alert all day I take Provigil. Provigil is safe and it really works wonders. I think in the U.K. in generic so much cheaper there than in the US.
You may want to ask about it since those drinks are full of stuff out bodies don't really need.
I smoke so I'm not preaching what to do or not to do just a suggestion that works for me.
It is also prescribed for extreme fatigue, but if it is not prescribed for the 3 things that the FDA has given approval for, insurance will not approve it. I took Provigil for about a year, I was on suboxone at the time, which can cause excessive sleepyness, but it was more than that. In the end, I was tested for sleep apnea and ended up being diagnosed with RLS, which can cause the same symptoms. The provigil worked great, but like Eagle said, it is very expensive.
My old doctor left recently and I have a new doctor who put me on Provigil. It was disastrous. I cried constantly and felt exhausted after small spurts of energy. I couldnt focus and I was nervous. I was very depressed, also. After this, she thought about putting me back on the drug I abused a few years ago, Adderall. Of course, my eyes lit up. I loved this drug. It worked wonderfully for me. I ended up putting it up my nose. She knows my history.
Medicine is what I meant to say! I'm getting used to typing on an iPad...it fills in words that I don't want sometimes...
Sorry it's taken so long for you to be getting close to answers. I am not dx'd but I have been dealing with fatigue. I posted recently about this "Fatigue and Flares." The result for me was a prescription for amantadine. I was told if it doesn't work, they'll try something else. So really you should be able to get something to help with fatigue before a diagnosis.
I was originally diagnosed bipolar, then they switched me to schizoaffective bipolar type. As a child, I was never much of a sleeper (at sleepovers I was always last to sleep a first to wake.) But depression really does suck the energy right out of me. I've also noticed that I seem to be more affected by the fatigue as I get older (not to mention the memory problems!) As for coping with it, I haven't learned very well how to yet.
Ugh! I've been on provigil for the last couple of months, and have felt better than I have in a year and a half. Then, I realize that getting up at 4:30 in the morning is NOT a norm for me. I stopped the provigil for a couple of days and BAM!, I feel awful again. Now I'm wondering, have I been manic(I am bi-polar)? Is this just the chronic fatigue again? My BP goes up when I'm on the provigil and I don't even take my midodrine.
For all practical purposes I have been bed ridden for the past 2 months. That is when he suggested Provigil. I have not heard of this on the forum. Anybody know anything as it relates to Hepc tx? Of course I have googled it. He made me another appointment in 4 weeks(a miracle in itself!) to see how it was working and talk more of 24 week treatment.Any comments welcome.
So far Provigil has mostly been beneficial for me . . . it usually gives me the energy and focus I need to get some things (but not all) done.
But yesterday and today I just can't seem to focus on anything. It is SO frustrating . . . I think I have the energy to do things . . . but I don't know where to start . . . or I begin something only to be sidetracked to another.
I started by calling the pharmaceutical company to inquire about assistance, but they have canceled their Provigil assistance program and also told me that depression is one of the few illnesses for which they do not provide assistance anyway. I then looked into other assistance programs, but they require enrollees to be without insurance, and giving up my health insurance is just not practical.
although they have tested a new drug for cocaine addiction, it has not been approved by the fda yet. i used for coke for 5 years very heavily and went c/t as the physical w/d's from coke are so minimul, but it is the mental part that is devastaing. have you tried n/a meetings, counselling. quitting this drug is a devil to quit and as of now, there is now pill that will help as i know of.
I tried Provigil last summer with high hopes, after wrangling my insurer over it--it's expensive.
Alas, it didn't do diddley for me. Maybe Ampyra will help me. I'm exhausted all the time.
you sound like your in the system deep like me where they chose to experiment on you you lab rat.next will be the anxiety;which normies love to make you feel oh so special.I feel for you cuz for the past 10 long wasted yrs.I have been there,wish I had some seriquel now though.Hope for your best partner.I tried the other county psychiatrists but I often sit and think,never trust a person that don't at least try what they be pushing.true.
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