Posted by Rick on June 26, 2000, at 10:57:43
In reply to Re: side effect with provigil » Rick, posted by SLS on June 25, 2000, at 8:16:34
> > Finally remember that while some wakefulness
> should be apparent very soon, other beneficial
> effects can take longer -- e.g. Provigil's
> antidepressant and mood-brightening effects
> usually take 5-10 days at a theraputic dose. I'm
> not sure I buy into this one, but a "good drug"
> guide says memory-enhancement kicks in after about three months. (Cephalon IS currently testing
> Provigil for use in Alzheimer's and ADHD.)
>
>
> Hi Rick.
>
> Have you ever tried adrafinil?
>
> Did you suffer from severe depression, or were social anxiety and panic attacks your primary sufferings?
>
> How long did it take for you to begin to see improvements with Provigil?
>
> Thanks for your input.
>
>
> - Scott
Scott -Sometimes I give brief replies to brief questions. Other times I give long replies to brief questions. I think this one will fill into the latter category.
I've never had major depression (except possibly undiagnosed after my mother died unexpectedly eleven years ago). My problems are severe social anxiety in many -- but not all -- settings, and obsessive/compulsive tendencies (not officially diagnosed, and much milder and less bothersome than the social anxiety). I haven't been diagnosed with panic, although a debilitating performmance-anxiety-driven panic or near-panic situation is what finally prompted me to seek the professional help I had been considering for awhile.
I've never tried adrafinil. I've been greatly improved in the eight or nine months since starting daily "low-ish" dose Klonopin, but have tried other meds lately in an attempt to "go for the gold" (and POSSIBLY taper off the Klonopin completely or near-completely in the future). So I can't tell you whether Provigil (modafinil) ALONE would have helped me, but I know that within a day of adding it to Serzone & Klonopin I was feeling more alert and awake WITHOUT added anxiety, and within ten days or so it had begun filling in the gaps SO nicely a
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