Posted by utopizen on April 11, 2004, at 21:41:41
In reply to Ritalin v. Provigil, posted by jms600 on April 8, 2004, at 16:52:52
w does Provigil compare with Ritalin/Straterra?
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> Is Provigil any good for improving concentration and increasing your ability to take information in? Or does it just increase wakefulness and no more??
>My doc has found his patients (he's a sleep psychiatrist) find the best relief from combining Straterra with Provigil at the same time, even when either hasn't worked alone. He deals strictly with ADD+sleepiness patients.
I've got ADD, Excessive Daytime Sleepiness, Obsessive Thoughts, Social Anxiety... I've tried all the stimulants, and am now on Desoxyn. Although recently I've had depression, which is just an insult to my energy levels and my sleepiness. Now I feel like I can't do anything, and am tired so much it's burdensome. The only way out appears to enter an exercise regimen, the obvious, and trial more meds.
I've tried Provigil in the past, and have failed. But my doc is convinced if I combine it with Straterra it'll help streamline my meds, so I won't need Klonopin eventually for social anxiety, won't need Desoxyn for my sleepiness and ADD, and won't need anything for my depression either.
Keep in mind Straterra was originally developed as an antidepressant, but they found in trials it happened to help people's attention spans. It may very well help your social anxiety, and hope it helps mine. And my ADD and sleepiness, hopefully, if I combine it with the Provigil.
Just keep in mind med combos often work even when you "fail" a single drug... so I'm going to eventually go on Provigl+Straterra. I've been putting it off until after the semester, but my little escapade of depression has made me feel so miserable I just want relief from that,
I mean, even the Desoxyn at any dose still leaves me with no energy to do anything, it's pathetic! Desoxyn is far more effective than Ritalin, especially at helping one's energy, but I would try the other stims before considering it. I've tried Adderall recently, and it fails as well to birng my energy levels back to where they were back when I use to take that last year.
If your underlying problem is depression, which for me took months to creep out of self-denial over until it got to the point where my quality of life was so pathetic I had to accept it, you should consider Straterra+Provigil, and you can always augment it with an antidepressant or antipsychotic and/or some Klonopin for your social anxiety... depression just exacerbatted my ADD+EDS to incredible levels.
Straterra alone may help with your social anxiety, may very well help with your ADD, and if it doesn't, you can always try some Ritalin later!
No rush to control everything, just take one day at a time. You're on the right track, and that's all that matters for now.
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