Posted by leary on March 6, 2006, at 10:32:57
In reply to Re: Long-term experiences with provigil?, posted by mike99 on March 6, 2006, at 9:58:26
Hi Mike,
No problem. Provigil does work very well for my attention. Sometimes too well. If I'm not careful, I'll find myself extremely focused on a task that is relatively low on my overall list of priorities.
I've only had moderate experience with Adderal. It was also effective, but I've been wary of the more hardcore stimulants. I experience and enjoy euphoria, and don't want to find myself in a situation where I keep escalating the dose to gain the same effects. Provigil seems much less likely to encourage this sort of abuse.
It definitely focuses my attention, and keeps me awake. I don't think I would describe it as calming.
If you read other messages on the board, you'll see that people do try to escalate the Provigil dose at times to stimulate mood. I tried this too at first -- out of curiosity -- but the mood-enhancing effects were not great enough to warrant such behavior on an ongoing basis.
Hope this helps.
poster:leary
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