Posted by zeugma on December 30, 2005, at 13:39:45
In reply to Provigil dependence, posted by Dinah on December 30, 2005, at 12:30:17
I was told by the clinician at the sleep clinic that Provigil would be more effective if I skipped a day every now and then. I found that the opposite was true; the day after I skipped i would still feel significant drowsiness.
Missing a dose (as I did today): increased need for caffeine; drowsiness. If I were in a high stress environment, I would begin to feel extremely overstimulated (though this may be a specifically ADHD issue), and then I begin to shut down, cognitively and perceptually, because I can't really deal with the flood of information (this again is an ADHD issue).
If I miss the afternoon dose, it becomes very difficult to stay awake past 6 pm. This is my baseline, assuming a wakeup time in the am.
-z
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