Posted by IsoM on January 16, 2002, at 19:43:48
In reply to Re: Crash after stopping stims » IsoM, posted by cindylou on January 16, 2002, at 19:27:48
No, Cindy, I never used Provigil. It's expensive & if I could get by on adrafinil, I'd rather. You must be super-sensitive alright. Some rare individuals are. Not me though.
The adrafinil did nothing when I took it. It wasn't till I took one a day for about a week that I started to notice the difference. If you can feel the effects immediately from Provigil or adrafinil, your metabolism of it must be very different from mine. Maybe even less than 1/4 tablet would work for you. If it did, it would at least not cost much at all.
If you do have any adrafinil left, you might want to try less than 1/4 tablet, but at a time where you know you can stay home & not have to do much. If you still want to give it a shot, I really would start very, very low for you. Is there any way a doctor could check your reactions to drugs?
I don't know about Sudafed. It doesn't do much for me even when I've used it for bad congestion. Again, I'd try only a very small amount.
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> That said, I did crash after taking Provigil for about 3 or 4 days, and what a bummer that was. It worked so well for me, that I was crushed (emotionally and phsycially!) when it backfired on me. I tried it a few different times to see if it was all in my head, but it happened every time.
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> So, are you saying that you crashed with the Provigil too, but not the Adrafinil? That makes me think about trying the Adrafinil again ...
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> I tried Adrafinil about six months ago (JohnL got me on the adrafinil bandwagon), but felt really bad on it right away --disoriented, fatigued, cotton-headed, etc. I even ran a red light with my 2-year-old in the backseat, something I've NEVER done before. That time I took one whole tablet (300 mg I think?), then I tried again with 1/2 a tablet and had a similar reaction.
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> I am still toying with the idea of trying 1/4 tablet of the Adrafinil to see if that may work --It was 1/4 of the Provigil tablet (I can't remember the actual dose) that worked well for me before I crashed.
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