Posted by IsoM on January 30, 2002, at 2:26:59
In reply to Re: Spike4848 - Just Want To Check with You » IsoM, posted by spike4848 on January 29, 2002, at 22:49:04
Thanks for answering, Spike. I didn't want to pry but wanted to know how you (& others) are doing. So does that mean you're noticing a bit of effect on your new med trial? (Probably far too soon yet, right?) Zoloft is pretty good for many but I'd vomit up my dose about 45 minutes later so I never had a chance to see if it did work. And klonopin is a good, tried & tested med. It would have to be the very rare individual it didn't help.
My take is that adrafinil *may* do more than modafinil alone.The reason being is that one of the main metabolites of adrafinil IS modafinil. So with adrafinil, I get the benefit of both modafinil & whatever the other active metabolite does. That may account for the fact adrafinil is used more as an AD in Europe than modafinil. On the other hand, the reasons might be entirely different - just a guess.
I'm going to need to see what I'm like in summer with adrafinil to give a full evaluation of my mood, but I'll hazard a guess now. In winter, my mood goes down a lot, but I don't want to increase my AD so I tough it out knowing I'll feel better as spring comes. My mood in summer is about 85%, in winter, it'll go down to maybe 50% with some days being better & some worse. I notice it takes about 3 days of sunny weather in winter to bring my mood up again.
With the adrafinil, it really is 100%. I caught myself, while watching a show on conjoined twins, thinking "aww, those babies are cute". As soon as I think babies are cute, I know I'm feeling good. This afternoon, I played a long list of various classical/Renaissance mp3s to listen to as I worked around the house. I'd have to stop frequently to dance & sway with the music. When music moves my heart & body like that, it confirms how good I feel.
Maybe after I've felt this good for a longer stretch, I'll get used to it & not feel so surprised. But it's still so new for me to feel this contented. It's like Christmas, Disneyland, a Mediterranean holiday, & the Nobel prize all rolled together. :)
I'm tackling memorising the Latin names for different plants. I knew a lot from before, but now with a proper functioning memory, I'll remember all the new names too.Who knows? I might be able to get along without Celexa even, but I'm not going to toss it away too soon. I want to wait & see first what summer is like.
Thank you for your kind remarks. I am a gentle person by nature & the adrafinil lets me be myselwithout having to force it. An older friend always said one could catch more flies with honey than vinegar (not that I'd knew why she wanted flies).
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