PROVIGIL Reviews (MODAFINIL)Average Rating: 3.6 (619 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare PROVIGIL with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR PROVIGIL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | MS | Only two days on Provigil 100mg, increasing to 200mg in two weeks time. While I have felt mentaly alert all day long & not so tired, physically I still feel drained by the afternoon. waiting to see what effect the 200mg dose will have! | M | 46 | 2 days | 11/8/2007 | 3 | Fatigue, Fibromyalgia | Very little out of body feeling | This is my only second day 200mg. Can anyone comment on taking this in morning and social drinking in evening. | F | 50 | 2 days | 1/27/2009 | 3 | Severe fatigue | diarrhea, constant nausea, trouble sleeping through the night | Although the side effects are difficult to deal with, Provigil has made a great improvement in my quality of life. I can work more focused, give appropriate attention to my 6 year old and not feel like I'm sleeping my days away. I have enough enery to live. It's still very early in my treatment. I'm hopeful that the correct dose will decrease my side effects. | F | 31 | 2 days | 5/20/2009 | 3 | Off label for depression | A little more anxiety so far not to much else at this point yet I still have to use klonopin for the anxiety | Has anyone used generic Provigil Off label for depression and how has it worked out for you. Please any one email me and let me know Please. | M | 68 | 2 days 100 2X day | 11/15/2021 | 2 | Mental alertness & wakefulness | Felt slightly more awake, Light niggling headache, Jaw clenching, Spacey at times, Foot tapping to average music, Foggy head, Staring off into space, Difficulty concentrating, Trouble focusing eyes. | Day One: 200mg at 1700hrs before a 12 hr night shift, roughly 3 hours to feel noticeable effects. Felt slightly more awake, light niggling headache, jaw clenching (not cool for work), felt a bit spacey at times, foot tapping to average music. Was like all the undesirable affects of MDMA without the good if that makes sense. Day Two: 200mg at1600hrs before night shift, roughly 2 hours to feel effects though had less food in stomach. Initially felt more awake than previous night, very foggy head, light niggling headache, jaw clenching, foot tapping, staring off into space, difficulty concentrating, trouble focusing vision (again similar negative effects of MDMA) for those who have used. So far not overly impressed, don't get me wrong I wasn't expecting a limitless pill type effect but hoping for something like a Dextroamphetamine type experience with that kind of focus and mental drive. I have also read that taking too much can cause some of the foggy head side effects I experienced so I will try half dose next time and see how that goes. I also received some Armodafiinl in the sample pack so hoping that it works better for me....fingers crossed! | M | 33 | 2 days 200 1X day | 10/13/2015 | 2 | Narcolepsy | Minor itchy red rash. | It's a miracle drug. It works great but unfortunately with warnings from the FDA concerning life-threatening rashes I think I better discontinue and try to find another solution. | M | 30 | 2 days | 3/24/2008 | 2 | sleepiness | more sleepiness | evidently it didn't work for me... it made me more tired! | F | 31 | 2 days | 1/17/2006 | 1 | sleep issues | dry mouth, nervous, goose bumps (chills), mouth sores, dizzy, pain in back, tight muscles, loss of appetite, irritability, swollen tounge, swollen inner cheeks, rambling (talking), pain in abdomen, swollen abdomen, loose bowels, gas, cloudy head | I was not informed that I was not to take this drug wile on birth control (nuva ring) I was perscribed 200mg in the morning 200mg at 2pm. I made it thru three doses before going to my family doctor whom knew nothing about it, same goes for my OB and the neurologist who prescribed it. | F | 23 | 2 days | 7/20/2006 | 1 | Ehlers-Danlos (EDS), Insomnia, OSA | Dizziness, hyperactive, talkativeness/talking very fast and mild euphoria during first two hours. Followed by progressive worsening of following side effects: chills, fever, dry mouth, headache, total loss of appetite, significant nausea, full body tremors (particularly bad in hands), tinglely feeling throughout body, worsened IBS, tachycardia (155bpm consistently throughout day), heart palpitations (pounding/fluttering heart) all day, some shortness of breath and a general unwell feeling. Worsened insomnia. | I did not tolerate this medication well and had significant side effects, starting almost immediately, that lasted at least 20 hours after taking the medication. I was non-functional for the two days I was on it and several days after. Be extremely careful with this medication if you have any sort of heart problem, particular valve problems (even if not MVP), if you have or are suspected to have any type of ANS disorder like POTS, or if you've shown a sensitivity to other stimulants, even ones technically in a different class than Provigil. | F | 16 | 2 days | 11/18/2006 | 5 | Finals week/full time job&school | My body still feels moderately fatigued and I have occasional bouts of fogginess. I was sick to start out with and now my illness is much worse. My lungs burn and I have a terrible cough. I hardly have a voice left and I attribute the worsening of these sx's to the Provigil... or maybe sleep deprivation? Also, something strange has been going on with my throat. Swallowing has become rather difficult, but I'm pretty sure it's because of this bug I have. I'm taking it to keep me awake for unreasonable lengths of time, so I suppose to the average person, this side effect would be insomnia. | I'm taking it because I am super sick, have three huge essays due and three finals this week on top of working 45hrs weekly.I haven't slept in 48 hours and I am pretty sure that I can last until 8pm tonight when class gets out. I just took my last 200mg tab. I was taking 200mg twice daily. Wish me luck- time to pump out my last 10page essay... | F | 23 | 3 days | 3/13/2008 | 5 | Shift Work Sleep Disorder, CFS, EBV | mind blowing headaches, nausea, some blurred vision | You have to remind yourself to eat. I took this drug in 1998 and it worked wonders then. I don't remember any headaches though. I have reduced my dose to 50mg instead of the 100 prescribed. | F | 43 | 3 days | 12/10/2008 | 3 | OSA / SWSD / Excessive Sleepiness | Mild dizziness,headache, at first. Increase in spontineity in speech and thought. | 100 mg/day. To early to tell if effective or beneficial. Im experiencing the stimulant effect/ nothing outragous though. Im somewhat skeptical on the long term benefits. | M | 48 | 3 days | 5/3/2009 | 3 | insomnia | doc prescribed to take to reset my sleep clock. I have to take it early in AM and then by the time I put the kids to bed and quiet the house, I should be ready to sleep. | It works great for a normal person with the normal amount of stress but my stress and business still keeps me awale at night. I am falling asleep sometimes at 10 or 11 but only for about 1 hour. I wake up trembling and craving food. During days, I cannot eat after taking the med all day long. | F | 43 | 3 days | 11/12/2006 | 2 | Adult ADD | mild headache; tearful; irritable - everything seemed to either make me cry or really annoy me. | Nice to not fall asleep at 7pm. Only took it for a few days before the crying and short temper seemed like they outweighed any advantages. | F | 53 | 3 days | 3/3/2006 | 2 | Winter hypersomnia | Gastrointestinal side-effect which felt like a strange blend of nausea and hunger pains, light-headedness, and a spaced-out feeling. I also had a blood vessel on my scalp start pumping abnormally hard on the third day of Provigil use (didn't calm down until about two days afterwords). | No reduction in sleepiness or desire to sleep whatsoever. | M | 20 | 3 days 100 1X day | 4/6/2010 | 2 | To Help Me Come Off Adderall | Incredibly Drowsy and Tired, Weird Feelings, Depression Worse, Hot Flashes, Confused Thinking, No Energy, Weird Taste in Mouth, HEADACHES Constantly! Heart Beating in Weird Rythems, Body Achy, Sore Throat and Ears Acting Up, Weird Dreams! | OMG! First off all my doctor wanted to wean me off of my Adderall dosage some and recommend we try Provigil for its alertness and concentration. Plus comming off or even down from Adderall makes you so tired. So I read up on Provigil online and found allot of people praising this drug like it was a lifesaver for them and the feeling they felt was awesome... OK its prescribed for people who fall asleep or have extreme tiredness I get that. I took this hoping this was my answer to help my Adderall addiction, and after I took it I started to yawn constantly! I felt so incredibly drowsy and tired that I laid down and slept for awhile. I woke up thinking what the hell. So I tried it again the next day hopeing for better results. I fall asleep again and notice weird feelings. I had several hot flashes where my face for example felt hot as hell. My heart would not have a steady rythem. I feel like I am bloated and my breathing is heavier or I find myself taking deeper breathes. I felt really | F | 28 | 3 days | 10/19/2008 | 2 | MS-related fatigue, cognitive diff. | Disconnected feeling, anxiety, tight-chest, splitting headache, muscle and joint pain, flu-like symptoms, dizziness, loose stools, nausea, weird dreams, sore behind eyes, sore feeling all over body. | This is my third day taking Provigil and the worst symptom-wise. Took 100 mg the first day. After an hour experienced strange, disconnected feeling ("tripping" feeling) that lasted for about an hour. Five hours later, finally felt nice surge of energy that lasted throughout the eve. Weird and unpleasant dreams that night. I skipped a day, then took another 100 mg dose 2nd morning. This time no disconnected feeling, no energy surge, just loose stools, mild nausea and muscle stiffness. By nighttime was sneezing with runny nose and congestion. I didn't connect any of this to the Provigil--assumed it didn't work and that it was time to up my dosage to the rec. 200 mg. So today, day 3, I took 200mg in the morn. w/ breakfast and coffee. Half hour later had same weird out of body feeling. Lasted about an hour; following that, a crushing sensation in my chest. I was panting, anxious, w/ nausea and loose stools. Later in day developed splitting headache, sore muscles, and dizziness on top of earlier symptoms. Maybe I'm coming down with something, but after reading some of these comments I'm thinking it's the Provigil. Also taking 4.5 mg LDN at night for MS, no other meds. Can't find info on poss. drug interactions w/ these. I've had MS for 13 years and my fatigue has become debilitating. Was hoping something would finally work. I'm so desperate for fatigue relief that I'm willing to keep trying, but not if I feel this bad all the time. Do these side effects go away? I feel l | F | 37 | 3 days | 9/8/2009 | 2 | Daytime fatigue, concentrate, | This is the third day, i've taken 200mg in the morning (8am) and now (12-noon) I have a terrible headache and I want to sleep as I haven't sleep all night. It did not helped at all -YET | F | 30 | 3 days 200mg | 11/27/2013 | 2 | excessive day time sleepiness | I have just started taking this med and am already having bad headaches in the afternoons . I had to stop taking adderall for this reason. Should I keep taking the provigil for a few more days hoping the headaches will subside or just call it quits. With the Provigil my head hurts too bad to get much done. Without meds I am too sleepy to want to do anything. Maybe there is another drug out there that wont cause me headaches. | F | 47 | 3 days | 3/23/2005 | 2 | Help with Mood, ADD, Sleepines | Headache! Spacey feeling, somewhat dizzy, confusion. Very strong odor to urine. | Did nothing for daytime sleepiness. If anything, it actually made the problem worse. For whatever reason, it seemed to work good the first day, then went down hill from there. Eventually to the point were I had to get off. Actually feel much better not being on it. My 2 cents... | M | 30 | 3 days | 3/24/2005 |