provigil time release

It felt like I was a little high. Provigil, on the other hand, is a slow and gradual release. I take it in the morning, and within an hour or so, I notice I can just concentrate better and am less tired. Its very gradual and lasts a lot longer than Provigil. I'm hoping my Nuvigil will help me get off Lexapro, which I had been taking for depression and anxiety. I've been having side effects from the Lexapro like extreme craving for sweets, weight gain, fatigue.

m glad your doc is treating the fatigue, but I wonder why the Ritalin instead of the usually more favored Provigil. Have you tried and failed Provigil or something? Yes, people have been helped by Ritalin and it's (better, I think) cousin Adderall for the symptoms of Cog Fog and the ADD it can cause. I'll be interested in hearing how well it works for fatigue. I thank the stars for you finding such a good doctor. They are a treasure!

Does anyone have information on Provigil Abuse? Is it possible? My husband was addicted to prescription Oxy for 5 years and since getting off (3 years ago) has been on several different meds to overcome depression, etc. He has been taking Provigil for 2 years, but recently he runs out of his prescription before the refill date and he stays awake for days on end, between 7-10 days.

Hey. Keep your head up, there's a lot you can do to work with this. Feeling defeated and depressed comes along with a sleep disorder, I know. I'm just a couple years younger than you. The same things happened to me. I was so smart but all my grades started falling because I could never get anything done. Everyone thought I was just lazy- I thought I was just lazy. But I was tired all the time and unmotivated. See a sleep specialist.

Don't know what you're working on. Time release is slow release. When I managed health food stores the saying about time release was, expensive urine or bowel movements, since the body evacuates before the stuff comes out of the capsule.

provigil(modafinal) and nuvigil are non-amphetamine stimulants... nuvigil is the sustained release version. most health insurances will require a you to try other drugs like ritalin first or prior authorizations and after all that still have it cost a lot by having some type of deductible/coinsurance for either one of these. anti-depressants will not help with drowsiness/sleep attacks.

Hi Niko. I feel a little envious of you. I would love to be in Greece right now. I was looking back on my post and comments and I realized that I left out a lot of info. I am in Minnesota so most of our health care is dominated by the Mayo Clinic Health Systems. It's hard to find a good doctor around here that isn't tied to Mayo. We do have a clinic close by that does testing on free T3 and Reverse T3.

Hi, I took Provigil for about eight months, sometimes 100 mg, sometimes 200 mg per day, depending on the day. It worked great at the beginning but eventually stopped working. So I went on Adderal for about six months and the same thing. It worked at first but not so much as time went by. I am back on Provigil and it is working again but not very good. I keep cutting my hours down at work because of the fatigue but it is beginning to get the best of me.

He instead gave me a perscription for (generic name) Phendimetrazine 105mg extended release tablets. It does basically the same thing as Provigil, maybe not as strong. I was having trouble staying awake driving. I would feel like I was awake, but really far away looking down at myself. Not good when you drive for a living, LOL. I have had no trouble since starting this. It's main use is for weight loss. Therefore necessitating a visit for new perscrip every month.

t forget to take the next dose - which happens all the time on the regular medicine, because by the time I need the next dose I am just starting to get sluggish and sleepy (and forgetful!) again.

Is anyone familiar with the drug provigil or monafinil for enery and depression...? It is a drug for narcolepsy....wakes me up but not sure about use during tapering tabs...

My neuro has been fighting this for about a month, now. The prior authorization form is filled out a little differently each time. This last time, they lowered the dosage, and this didn't even work. I also have his best nurse working on the case. If she can't do it, I don't think anyone can! Kelly, I have a feeling the sleep study will be expensive. The person I work with, with the same health insurance, said that he paid over $1500 out of pocket, too.

s been an issue with me for more than 10 years, but the last 2 months I was really bad and just being awake for more than 5 hours wore me out. He prescribed Provigil and I've read some of the threads on it and it sounds very promising. My question is, is it something you can take daily indefinitely? Or are you supposed to just take it when you need it (which would be daily for me!) I hope my insurance will cover it because I'm not diagnosed with ms or anything.

I still feel pressure in my temples and forhead even though I have stopped taking Provigil. Can you have withdraws from Provigil?

Has anyone tried ProVigil? My sleep specialist suggested that I try it for the deep tiredness that I experience, even after getting great help with sleep from my CPAP machine. By the way, my trip to Seattle went very well. Though it is indeed very hilly, the cooler weather and low humidity made it easier to get around than here is muggy Baltimore. The weather seems to have a huge impact on this disease.

My muscles tremor when over exherted and I need Provigil to get out of the bed and drive and function without fear of falling asleep ...I've been taking provigil with great success however, I am having a hard time with insurance filling it with new Medicare ins. restrictions and pre auth's required etc.

on the addictions forum someone brought up the topic provigil for energy, i have been clean for a while now but i have hep so my energy level is very low, and i also have under active thyroid so my question is this, when i researced this new drug i found """PROVIGIL is a federally controlled substance (C-IV) because it has the potential to be abused or lead to dependence. Please use PROVIGIL only as directed and keep in a safe place to prevent misuse and abuse.

I have debilitating fatigue due to MS and have tried everything - Provigil, Amantadine, Adderall, Ritalin - the works. While Provigil helped for some time while I was still working, that was many years ago and its effectiveness eventually petered out. At the time, I was taking a very large dose in accordance to doctor's orders, and my side effects (heart palpitations, increased rate of speech, crashing, etc.) were quite bothersome.

A decent GP would be the place to start ..... provigil is actually indicated for treatment of CFS .......... Its an expensive drug at 10.00 a pill prescription.....lots of insurance companies dont wish to cover it for that reason...... but it is being widely used now - - it will most likely be rescheduled before long because it has more of the shortcomings that straight amphetamines have than was thought during trials........

the doctor i used to work for would take provigil all the time as an "upper." my mom (she is nurse who worked for him too) and i swear he was addicted to it. then he would take ambien/lunesta to go to sleep. all of the provigil and ambien/lunesta samples would always be gone from the drug room at the office i worked at and they were not going to the patients...

A fwhile ago a friend gave me a huge ziplock bag of PROVIGIL 200, and a massive amount of ritalin, 5s,10s, and extended release 20s. I have attempted to research PROVIGIL, ate one and it seems to add to my energy level. I am not looking to trade addictions. (I am feeling withdrawl, cold, night leg shakes, sweat, uncontrollable yawning, and the dreaded running to the restroom) Does anyone know if RITALIN and/or PROVIGIL will ease my lack of motivation and energy untill the WD passes?

First I want to tell everybody that I am loving the provigil. I don't seem to be having any side effects and I feel a huge difference on the days I have forgotten to take it. I'm on a 200 mg dose, I haven't looked yet to see if that's average or what. I have been taking it for about three weeks. Secondly I wanted to share that I have always had problems falling asleep and then staying asleep. This is even worse on shot nights, no clue why.

I even feel the effects of the Provigil the next day (though not nearly as strong). Actually the Provigil fades out about 8 hours after I take it, but I sure do sleep well that night! The next day, I have slightly more energy than usual. I love Provigil, but, due to the chest fullness, can't use it very often so that is why I was considering Adderall (I'm also ADD). In your opinion, how did the Adderall compare to the Provigil in terms of fatigue reduction?

I started taking provigil yesterday and wow I cant believe the energy I scrubbed the shower down washed the cabinets down went food shopping then took dog to dog park for 4 hours then home and dinner usually just one of these activities wipes me out . I am glad that I have energy but I feel jittery my legs feel like they are going hundred miles and hour and I am stuttering badly in the am I think I am trying to talk faster then I can get it out.

Lost time, aware of it, confused afterward. This has happened to me two or three times in the last year, so not often, but never before that. Once was at work, while working with two children (who did not notice, because they have poor social awareness, and I had them playing a math game with each other). I felt like I had lost a few seconds, and as I "came back," I felt dizzy and kind of far away, like the voices were through a tunnel or muffled.

I take propanolol and the generic Provigil which I've done for years. The propanolol increases the Provigil in the blood. I only take 100 mg. of Provigil. I have tried other medicines for fatigue and they don't work for me. I don't have any adverse effect and it actually makes me feel human. Typically, the medicines used for attention deficit disorder or ADHD are used to combat fatigue.

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