Posted by LyndaK on July 20, 2001, at 2:33:52
In reply to Re:....Adrafinil..Lynda, posted by JohnL on July 19, 2001, at 16:16:36
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> > Personally I like Adrafinil, but hated Modafinil.
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> > I'm currently on Zoloft 150mg per day. I've been on many other meds. It seems to work the best for my depression. It has many side-effects that I HATE. I guess I've decided that the side-effects are the lesser of the two evils (side effects vs. depression). One of the dysfunctional side effects is poor concentration / inability to focus. I've been taking Aricept with it to try to counteract this. It helps some, but not enough. I've tried Wellbutrin in combination with Zoloft -- I LOVE how Wellbutrin clears my mind but it creates insomnia and irritability. I am now trying Monafidil (only on the third day). I'm not sure, but I think it may be making me irritable as well. What was your experience with Monafidil? What did you hate about it?
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> > LyndaK
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> Hi Lynda,
> Modafinil was so weird with me it's hard to explain. At first it gave me good pep and I liked it. But that only lasted a few hours. Another dose didn't quite get me back to that same good feeling. In customary psychiatric fashion, the obvious thing to do was raise the dose, since I was on a very low dose anyway. Again, I felt that pep, and again it faded fast. It gave me an upset stomach. But the worst thing was the exhaustion it caused. I would have a burst of energy shortly after taking my dose, but then an extreme, and I mean extreme, exhaustion set in. I could hardly walk I felt so tired. I just wanted to collapse and lay on the floor. After about a week of this I realized it was probably not going to go away. And I also started feeling like I was getting addicted to something. Even though it made me feel like crap, for some strange reason I craved another dose. Very weird. When I did finally throw in the towel, withdrawing from it felt exactly like withdrawing from a real addiction. It was awful.
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> It has worked well though for some other people. Yet for others I have heard similar experiences to what I felt. I think Modafinil is one of those drugs that either works great or works horrible. I found Adrafinil to be so much better. But unlike Modafinil, Adrafinil's effects take time, more like an antidepressant. I felt good on Adrafinil almost immediately, then it kind of faded for a week or so, almost like it was a placebo or something, but then over the next few weeks it continually got better and better. I must admit though that by itself it was not enough. I require a combo of Prozac+Adrafinil+Zyprexa to get the job completely done. I wouldn't give up any one of these drugs if someone paid me a million dollars to do so.
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> Anyway, I hope it goes well for you. Mileage varies dramatically. One person's nightmare is another person's magic.
> John
Thankyou, John, for your feedback. I'll see how I do on this, but I like going into it with a little more information about possible side-effects.
Take Care.
Lynda
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