Posted by tessellated on March 6, 2006, at 22:44:57
In reply to Re: Long-term experiences with provigil?, posted by zeugma on March 6, 2006, at 19:56:34
I've used provigil on and off for just over four years.
I have found it the most effective by taking a few days off every week or so. Though it can absolutely reduce the immediate need for sleep, i'm not sure it would work well long term. Days yes, weeks no.The two worst side effects no all that uncommon are naseau and anxiety/agitation. The concentration is fantastic, and yes i've wasted many an evening googling to my minds desire with it.
The only med i found it difficult to not cause sustained reduced need for sleep was parnate. I went for about six months staying awake for 24to36hrs and then sleeping about 12. You can see thats not exactly a %50 reduction, but was significant for work and had IMHO and even more effective concentration/intellect stimulating affect.
Sleep deprivation is the most effective "natural" treatment for depression. Reducing sleep medically would therefore contribute to an agents AD profile.
Zen monks are known to arise when still seriously tired, and the sleep deprivation studies encourage people to sleep (i recall) from 11PM to 2:30 - 3am, and then arise and begin the day. Not far from your average monks agenda.
I notice that after going over even 300mg the diminshed return begin to rather seriously hit the ole pocket book, and so favor taking it as rarely as necessary to get the most use of it.
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