Posted by blueberry on November 28, 2006, at 17:26:07
In reply to Calling JOHNL re Adrafinil, posted by ronaldo on November 28, 2006, at 12:46:23
I took adrafinil for several years in combo of 20mg prozac and 5mg zyprexa. Those were some good years. Adrafinil showed no sign of causing any longterm problems or poopout. It doesn't mess with neurotransmitters but just helps the adrenergic system work better somehow.
But I screwed up. I started smoking pot. When I smoked I would get explosive diarrhea that had me pulling off the road and running in the woods, or looking really fast for a private place, and a few times I didn't make it. By accident I discovered that if I skipped adrafinil, this didn't happen. So I had to make a choice...pot or adrafinil but not both. I chose pot. Bad mistake.
There were no withdrawals off adrafinil. Slowly over months my depression creeped back in. Not even pot could make me feel good any more. I was afraid of being my own doctor again, so I went to psychiatrists. That has not been good to me.
I restarted adrafinil 2 days ago but have no idea if it will work again.As I recall, adrafinil gave me a real good mood boost on the first day, at just one half a tab. Then the good effect was gone and I just felt the same lousy I had felt before. But I kept taking it because literature says it needs weeks and months to work. I increased to 2 tabs for a while and then maintained on 1 tab. At about 3 weeks it started to kick in...more sociable, more interest in things, motivated, depression going away.
This time around I again experienced the immediate good effects on day 1. Day 2 was lousy, with a headache and just my usual blah depressed self. So now I need to work on increasing the dose and it is a waiting game to see if it will work again.
This time around the backdrop is different. I wish there was no backdrop at all, but I don't want to mess with a bunch of things all at once. Instead of prozac 20mg it is 300mg Kira SJW. Instead of 5mg zyprexa it is 2.5mg, and weaning down. This time around there is lots of high EPA fish oil. I might need some emergency xanax if my mood plummets badly or if I get anxiety. So the whole thing is different this time and I have no idea.
My doctors had no idea with anything they had me do either, whether it was cymbalta or depakote or ritalin or ECT or whatever. So many. All I know is that nothing has worked and it has been all downhill. Xanax has been the only thing in the last few years that boosts my mood. I haven't taken any in months but I always carry some with me. Anyway, I'm sorry to get off topic. I meant to just talk about adrafinil.
Like anything else, mileage varies. I wish for you to get fantastic mileage.
Hope this helps.
blueberry
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