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| 5 | I have S.Apnea. to waken & be alert | I have not been able to take them regularly because I have no prescription coverage.So I get samples when available from my Dr.I also used a coupon for 30 free at 250mg. | I will run out in 3 days.Then I will probably go back to sleeping alot,sometimes 2 days & nights.I hate it.Without it every little thing seems like a big chore and i cannot get out of bed.I also have lung cancer,but it has been dormant thank God.I am also a mental patient with anxiety disorder and bipolar & depression.I am 54 and wish I could get all meds I need.But God will take care of me,He always has.Thank you. | M | 54 | 12 months 250 1X day | 9/19/2010 | 5 | anxiety, depression | urinate more frequently | I've tried 44 anti depressants and only got about 25 percent relief, Nuvigil obliterated my depression and eased my anxiety by about 60 percent | M | 24 | 5 days 75 1X day | 5/27/2011 | 5 | Idiopathic Hypersomnia | Headaches. Headaches faded over period of a week. Goes away with 2x extra strength Tylenol (ibuprophen, and everything else doesn't work). | Originally started on Modafinil. I started to feel more like myself after a day. That effect lasted two weeks and I fell about half-way back to pre-Modafinil state. Mayo clinic worked me up to 800mg a day. Benefit seemed to stop around 600mg. On Modafinil alone I never returned to that first two week state. There was a slight improvement each time the dosage was raised, but my body adapted to it quickly. On Modafinil alone I never returned to that first two week state. About 1.5 years later doctor prescribed Nuvigil (Armodafinil). The dosage is 1/2 of Modafinil (its supposed to be 2x as strong). I had heard it was a waste of time - a pharmaceutical company's way of extending their patent. It appears there is some difference because when first started taking it, the headaches returned for a week. Now I rarely if ever take naps. I reverted to Modafinil for 2-3 weeks and I could tell there was a difference. I still haven't gotten back to work, but I am conscious, able to work on the house and be present-even if I am not quite alert. It's not the correct use of the term, but I refer to myself as "minimally conscious". For a short while Ritalin (15mg) was added to the mix and I was about 1/2 way back to work. Sadly, the doctor who prescribed it left/retired and the new one doesn't "believe in it." So the Ritalin went away and I have returned to the world of the "minimally conscious." | M | 41 | 6 months 375 1X day | 9/28/2011 | 5 | Complex Sleep Apnea/Shift Work | Nuvigil has given me my Quality of Life back to working full time again. Take 150 in AM and 100 mg late afternoon. If take or double dose you won't sleep and will become very moodie. Stick with directions and Nuvigil will give new lease on life. Nuvigil WAY BETTER than Provigil. | M | 51 | 2 years 250 | 12/1/2011 | 5 | Idiopathic Hypersomnia | None now! Mild chest discomfort from slightly higher heart rate the first few days, first day - hand shaking; @250 mg I felt exerted in the afternoon while exercising. | Word of advice: Drinking lots (more than you think) of water will get rid of the headaches. So far, this has been a great boost. The first day I took it in the afternoon when I received a sample. That was a mistake. I didn't sleep a wink until after the next morning and skipped it the next day. The days following, I took 150 mg and have not felt the need to sleep during the day, which has been great. But, it also adds productivity, alertness, and humor to the mix with few side effects. When I take it in the morning, it's fine to sleep at night, at a normal time. When I don't sleep enough the prior night, I can nap from being tired. From what I've seen is that if you're taking this legitimately and for the same thing I take it for (excessive sleepiness) and without other drugs, it will work wonders. But, the depression and other terrible side effects only happen if you add in all the caffeine and other drugs. While I'm using Nuvigil, I am more aware of my chest cavity, almost like my lungs and heart are pushing harder on my rib cage. It's not really a nuisance; just an awareness. It's not palpitations either, whereas I'm not skipping beats. That only lasts for a few days at first. I am very motivated during the day, my speech is more articulate and I find it easier to smile. | M | 37 | 4 months 150 MG 1X day | 12/4/2013 Patient History | 5 | Sleep work disorder | Weight loss, I was peeing out my butthole most days but the weight loss was worth it. I lost 30pds total. I was able tO focus and it changed my life very productive in work and school, aside from having to run to the bathroom 7-8 times a day. (diarrhea) highly reccommend. | M | 34 | 3 months 150 | 5/7/2012 | 5 | extreme episodic hypersomnia | No adverse effects. Nuvigil performed exactly as stated. It is twice as strong as Provigil. I am a real patient. I have no self-interest in this company. | M | 68 | 3 years 250 mg | 12/5/2012 | 5 | psoriatic spondylitis/ parkinsons p | Extreme rebound crash if I go with out dose longer than 2 days it gradually gets worse the more days without. Hyposomnia. Dry mouth. Jitter like tremors in the AM as I am waking. Expec tant apprehension and acute memory recall with hyper atentivness... I have severe sensory nerve damage as well as cataplexy attacks. I also have fused facet joints in spine. I have a fused sternum. My si joints are fused solid. Now my hip are over 80% non functional. I also have 60% tendon inclusion in my legs and shoulders. I walk but very limited. If I don't drop seize from cataplexy I jerk out then drop from the parkinsons. I have very little flexability do posture change is not easy. NUVIGIL is the only medication that I don't drop as much on. I get so exhausted and fast. I will take the side effects because they are better then the other. I was on provigial and found it can cause an autoimmune. Skin condition Nuvigil is less sensitive that way. But they are the same medication somewhat so it may be the same issue | M | 41 | 2 months 500 daily | 10/28/2012 | 5 | excessive daytime sleepiness, fatig | tension in jaw and mouth; mild headache; dry eyes | Nuvigil is a new, purer form of Provigil, available since June 2009. It's advertised as longer-lasting, stronger and having fewer side effects than Provigil, and after three weeks, I believe it. Provigil in the morning would wear off in the late afternoon or early evening; Nuvigil lasts several hours longer. And the feeling is "smoother" and "cleaner" as I describe it; fewer headaches, less nausea, still some jaw-clenching tension but not as bad. And I seem to feel better the next day - not so much need to take it daily. It comes in 50, 150 and 250 mg doses. I have been taking 150 mg or sometimes just half a pill. The company has raised the price of Provigil and made Nuvigil cheaper - for now: they want everyone to switch to Nuvigil because there will be generics for Provigil in a couple of years. It's a marketing ploy, but so far, it works for me. | M | 63 | 3 weeks | 8/6/2009 | 5 | Narcolepsy - EDS | Headache that goes away with aspirin, increased thirst, increased urination. Also, I'm a smoker, this drug has made me chain smoke, badly. I was recently diagnosed with narcolepsy, so this has been my only treatment. Unfortunately, I can't compare it to other treatments. | Miracle drug! I hope I don't develop any reactions to it that'll force me to go off of it. I've spent 1/2 my life (15 years) using all the energy I could muster to stay awake. I didn't remember what it was like to be awake until yesterday and today. The bags underneath my eyes are gone! I stopped slurring my speech! I can speak and not trail off to nowhere. I'm not achy or grumpy! I'm just awake, effortlessly! I'm amazed. A normal sleeper will never be able to fully relate to a narcoleptic; that's fine, this pill lets me relate to a normal sleeper and I'm happy about that. | M | 30 | 2 days | 8/19/2009 | 5 | Shift Work Disorder | Can cause Dry Lips , and anxiety | Shit works good My Job schedule is 7pm to 4am and I have to take it 1 hour before work. No problems besides the one I describe but however this drug is not miracle it only allows me to function at times I wouldn't. You do feel the sleep deprivation effects creep slowly so I'll say the medication probably slows down the effects quite a bit but I can see someone like a banker prob taking it more then I do since majority of my work is physical instead of mental. | M | 20 | 3 months 1X day | 9/7/2014 | 5 | EDS/Narcolepsy | I am a registered nurse and I have narcolepsy. When I started, I knew I would have a day or two of hyper activity and sleeplessness. That is why I started on a Saturday. By Tuesday (day 4) I had a mild sore throat, my jaws were clenched, my neck muscles were very tight and sore, the sides of my tongue hurt, and I had developed an abnormal repetitive movement of my tongue against the roof of my mouth that was uncontrollable and constant. I stopped taking the drug for 3 days and let the symptoms resolve, then started the drug again. After 2-3 days the symptoms would return. By the 3rd week, I decided to cut the tablets in half then in half again and just took a quarter pill. I did this for about 5 days, then increased to a half a pill for 5 days, then up to my full dose. The symptoms did not return, and I have been able to take the full dose for 10 months now. | As I said, I had some odd neurogenic response to the drug that resolved as I let my body develop a tolerance and over come its sensitivity to the drug. I wanted to share my experience because now that I took the time to slowly let my body get used to this drug, I am now able to take it without any problems. But so many people have these side effects and they just declare that they cannot tolerate the drug. But if you slowly introduce your body to these types of medications, you can overcome many of the side effects. Then you can reap the benefits of a great drug that will really help improve the quality of your life. | M | 43 | 10 months 250 1X day | 5/6/2016 | 5 | idiopathic hypersomnia and sleep ap | Some anxiety and tension headaches and rise in blood pressure and some rapid heart beat | Been getting a 3 months supply of this medicine for 9.5 to 10 months now. I tried provigil beginning of last year. I was taking 400mgs but by 1 or 2pm the provigil would stop working and the massive headaches provigil gave me was when i had enough of that med and asked my sleep doctor if i could try nuvigil. Nuvigil worked better and it felt cleaner than provigil except for some minor side effects its been working out great don't feel tired and can get through my day and do my chores and run arans that i have to do. I take 250mgs of nuvigil but sometimes I only take half of my dosage it makes me feel enough energy through out the day. I can't believe I finally found a medication that actually works for me. I also take lorazepam for sleep. I take 1 MG of lorazepam and i fall asleep like a champ after a full day of being up. I would recommend this medication. | M | 25 | 10 months 250 | 2/17/2016 | 5 | Sleep apnea/chronic sleepiness | Vivid nightmares/stressful dreams, trouble staying asleep at night. Although staying asleep at night has improved the longer I've been taking it. | Keeps me alert during the day. Keeps me from nodding off. Able to function all day. | M | 43 | 11 days 200MG 1X day | 8/27/2020 | 4 | sleep apnea,weight loss | didn't sleep first night taking full pill-took at about 1130 AM, trying half now but want to go back up to full pill and early as possible in AM | Seems to be helping me stay awake during day. Don't work during the summer and combining it with better eating habits/dieting and gym workouts. Have chronic pain made worse by inactivity and weight gain and sleep apnea/ pre diabetes because of weight. Never even snored until weight gain. Ruined my joints from exercise addiction in 20's. Have not experienced the side effects others describe and hopefully wont. While it is helping to stay awake, I think my doctor was using it as a psychological placebo to say I would lose weight. Hasn't reduced my hunger. I know I have the willpower to lose the weight, just whether I will be able to mainting eating right/ exercising as a lifestyle with temptations and life getting in the way. Hope this helps someone out there. I have hit rock bottom with the pain, weight, addiction to pain meds(almost off completely now so am trying to figure out what is real and what is withdrawal pain). This med cant be any worse than the f-ed up docs getting me hooked on opioids. Stay strong, believe in yourself, find happiness, and hold on to the ones you love. Peace. | M | 54 | 3 days 250mg 1X day | 6/6/2016 | 4 | MS fatigue | This drug has allowed me to function better..seems I've got the awful side effect of burning and/or mouth sores I am ABSOLUTLY SURE Nuvigil is causing them because at times i need to stop taking it for unrelated reasons. That being said what is the best home remedy for this B.S. Gotten to the point this time I can only eat pudding and the like. HELP! | M | 50 | 2 years 375 mg 1X day | 7/30/2014 | 4 | Daytime sleepiness | Headache. | Feeling of well being .... after about 1 hour. I’m sure everyone is different as caffeine never keeps me awake ! So it’s trial and error x | M | 54 | 2 days 150mg | 9/17/2019 | 4 | Sleep Apnea | The canker sores are the worst side effects for me personally. I have not experienced the tension and anxiety others have reported. However I do take 1 mg of Klonepin 3 x a day so that is probably why. For those of you who did ok on modafinal or generic Provigil ask to go back on it. I have a hard time believing that an insurance company wouldn't rather cover a generic. Nuvigil gives me energy and allows me to live a normal life. My sleep apnea left me tired and exhausted halfway through my day. If it weren't for the canker sores on my tongue and cheeks it would rank as one of the best meds I have ever taken. I should say it does still rank among the top 3 as it does what it was intended to do. The canker sores are a painful inconvenience but not enough to make me stop taking it. | M | 52 | 6 months 250 MG | 4/6/2014 | 4 | ADHD | Minor nausea, diarhea, and headaches in first week, some increased agitation. | This was a last ditch effort for me. It took a year to get to the ADHD diagnosis for a start, since my initial state was anxiety and depression, but with traditional therapy alongside medication, it became clear that ADHD is the culprit. Nuvigil has been great after three weeks, I had started on Provigil, but after a month of increasingly painful headaches, I had to move off it. I had also tried Vyvance, Ritalin, and Adderall with various problematic side-effects. My physician was skeptical that the nuvigil would be any better given the general reports, but to our mutual surprise, it has worked fine. In the first week, I had one major headache, but a couple of aspirins kicked it, and after that nothing. Also was very easily agitated the first week as well, until I acclimated to the effects. Still having some periodic issues with nausea and diahrea, but they are very minor. | M | 41 | 3 weeks | 8/30/2009 | 4 | Narcolepsy | For the first weeks or so....Initial headaches, moodiness, weightloss, inability to sleep. | Great med. Gave me a life that I never knew was possible. I take half of the 250 in the morning and the other half at noon. Occasionally, I take another half pill at supper time. Doesn't prevent me from sleeping at night. I'm out at about 11 and up at 5 every day. Crazy expensive pills - $3 per day even with insurance - but worth it for me. Improved my work and family life. I still fall asleep multiple times during the day, but it is nowhere near the frequency that it used to be. | M | 46 | 8 months 250 1X day | 12/18/2011 |
NUVIGIL (ARMODAFINIL): Armodafinil reduces extreme sleepiness due to narcolepsy and other sleep disorders, such as periods of stopped breathing during sleep (obstructive sleep apnea). It is also used to help you stay awake during work hours if you have a work schedule that keeps you from having a normal sleep routine (shift work sleep disorder). This medication does not cure these sleep disorders and may not get rid of all your sleepiness. Armodafinil does not take the place of getting enough sleep. It should not be used to treat tiredness or hold off sleep in people who do not have a sleep disorder. It is not known how armodafinil works to keep you awake. It is thought to work by affecting certain substances in the brain that control the sleep/wake cycle. FDA Approval Date: 2007-06-15 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)