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 |
| 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 | 4 | MS FATIGUE | HAVEN'T HAD ANY. | BEFORE PROVIGIL I HAD A HARD TIME STAYING AWAKE DURING THE DAY AT WORK. SOMETIMES DRIVING ON THE LONG RIDE HOME. NOW I ONLY TAKE 100MG A DAY JUST TO KEEP ME GOING. I HAD TRIED 200MG BUT WAS TO MUCH AND MADE ME FEEL ANXIOUS. WHAT EVER YOU DO, DO NOT DRINK ALCOHOL WITH THIS DRUG. I DID AND I BLACKED OUT FOR 4 HOURS. VERY SERIOUS | F | 44 | 1 years | 12/8/2008 | 5 | Fibromyalgia | Fatigue, brain fog, depression and lack of energy. | Because I am super sensitive to almost all drugs, I take half a tablet (smallest prescribed dosage) when the brain fog and fatigue become exceptionally bad between the times I get injections for the pain. Provigil allows me to feel alert, energetic and non-depressed. If I take it several days in a row, I find it difficult to get to sleep. Other than that, I have no side effects at all. It is a great medication for me. | F | 70 | 2 years | 12/5/2008 | 2 | sleap apnea | feels like being on cocaine | need to stop taking provigil | M | 34 | 2 times | 12/2/2008 | 1 | narcolepsy, fatigue | was still sleepy but body wouldn't fall asleep, felt like bugs crawling over my legs, extreme dry mouth, some SOB, at 400mg was tired yet hyper verbal. | Basically did nothing for my sleepiness. | F | 20 | 7 days | 12/1/2008 | 1 | Depression, sleepiness | Energy for 2 days, then worse tiredness than ever. | Tried 100-200mg at various morning times. Masked symptoms of other problems and did not solve the sleepiness at all. Caused anxiety and irritability. I had a lot of positive hope for this drug when it was prescribed, but was VERY disappointed in the results. Really would not recommend without close doctor supervision. | F | 48 | 10 days | 11/25/2008 | 4 | daytime sleepiness | I have experienced some of the side effects listed in the other postings, but to a slight and transient degree. Some of these side effects may be due to several other meds I am on, or due to a combination of them, even though interactions are not indicated in the literature. Everyone's physiology and tolerance is different, I guess. The latest side effect, and most irritating to me so far, is tingling/numbness in my feet. | I have been on Provigil about 2 years, with doses from 200mg to 400mg per day. Lately, I have been taking 300mg/day in one morning dose. Also, I am told I am a low level diabetic with fasting blood sugar usually around 105. My doc has me on 100mg/day Januvia. When the tingling/numbness began suddenly in my feet, I became worried that the diabetes was progressing, rather suddenly. I am not very regimented in my diet, but I do exercise vigorously(walking hills and lifting weights) at least 4x/week. Anyways, I stopped the Provigil(300mg, 1xday) for 3 days, and the tingling/numbness in my feet stopped. However, my daytime sleepiness, and my irritability and anti-social demeanor(present prior to Provigil) returned very quickly. I took 100mg Provigil this a.m., and my feet are tingling. I am fairly sure I have developed a new(to me) side effect of the Provigil. I am going to call my doc Monday, and ask him if there is an alternative to the Provigil I can try. My family, my friends, and I, li | M | 53 | 2 years | 11/8/2008 | 2 | ADD | I took provigil the whole summer and had nothing but good results. I took a 200mg provigil about 2 weeks ago and i slowly started itching all over my body, my face broke out, I looked like a freakin' cherry tomato. I was wheezing, my nose was running, I felt like i should have gone to the hospital. all of these effects went on for nearly an hour....then they slowly faded away and I felt better. I'm not taking this medication any more because I'm affraid i will have another reaction. | It works for some and doesn't work so well for others. Sometimes it might even work well for a while and then basically turn on you and you will experience a brief state of HELL!!! Be carefull when taking this medication. | M | 24 | 3 months | 10/27/2008 | 5 | Adult ADHD | No Appetite, I am a runner/triathlete so I have to remind myself to eat 6 times a day. One 300 mg take one pill in morning and half in evening. | This is a miracle drug for me. I use to not be able to focus on one thing at work or home long enough to get anything done. On this medication I am totally focused so focused I forget to eat lunch. The things that changed PRO; More focused and my work is not suffering anymore, I complete jobs, I complete goals, I don’t get so board I get lazy anymore, I can sit thru presentation and reports without being jittery or nervous looking. I don’t look like a hyper spaz in public. Things that changed NOT SO PRO: No appetite. Excessive talking, when I drink I want to drink more then I normally would, anxious feeling but not in a way it is uncomfortable enough to stop taking it. Everyone is different but if someone were like me that was borderline alcoholic or smoked I would not recommend it. | F | 35 | 2 years | 10/22/2008 | 3 | excessive tiredness | it was ok | | 10/22/2008 | 3 | Excessive Tiredness | I take Provigil to stay awake, because my other 3 medications make me very tired, I sleeping a total of 12-16 hours a night, even being on this medication. I believe that this medication is immuned to me, due to the fact that this medication does nothing for me, exspecially after the first week of me taking Provigil. I also cannot tell a difference when I have missed this medication, except for the excessive amount of headaches that I receive in the duration of a day that I have missed a dose. | I started on 50mg, due to not having any effect, the medication was doubled to 100mg, still no effect. | F | 16 | 2 years | 10/21/2008 | 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 | excesive daytime sleeping | It worked fine for a few weeks -- but then my husband started to complain that I had started to snore for the first time in my life -- and loudly. At first, I could not believe him. As time went on I became sleepier and sleepier in the daytime despite the medicine and I became aware that I had developed difficulty swallowing, a constant sore throat, postnasal dryness and swelling; not only was I snoring in my sleep but also making small snoring sounds while awake, just by drawing breath across the swollen postnasal and throat tissues. My poor sleeping abilities became worse due to this. The my doctor sent me for a sleep study where they determined I should have CPAP therapy. I decided to postpone the CPAP and first try detoxing myself from the Provigil. Why do doctors just treat symptoms and not listen to the root complaint!!!? | I think that this is a great med for some people (not me). BUT...after reading about it I also hope anyone considering its use would enter into it knowing that it might not work and also that it might actually make things worse. Listen to your doctor; ask questions of your pharmacist; do some internet research-- As for me, the swelling is reduced after skipping the Provigil for almost a week, there was noticeable improvement almost immediately but some swelling still lingers | F | 46 | 45 days | 10/13/2008 | 2 | To help with Fatigue - Lupus | I took provigil 100mg dialy for a week in June this year and then stopped taking it. I have had a permanent mild headache since. I have been treated with antibiotics and steroid nasal sprays. | Really not sure why the headache continues. Cant see why such a small amount of provigil could triugger such a persistent headache | M | 7 days | 10/7/2008 | 2 | chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia | Mouth ulcers,ear pain,eye pain,skin pain,sore throat,all on left side of head.Thougt I had the flu.(200 mg) Headaches, chest fluttering, left arm pain,tongue biting, bones and joints in legs hurt SO bad that I was tossing and turning all night in pain, EVERY night. After 11 days symtoms continue to worsen. I can't stand the increased pain and will have to stop it. Also felt extreme exhaustion and depression. No drive to do anything. Mid-day crash and burn. No recovery. | I also have ADHD. It actually did help with staying on task and not forgetting every single detail of things I needed to do, but affected my memory badly,ie., I know I have an SUV in my garage, but can't remember the make and model... I think it'e another drug failure for me. I had to undergo interferon therapy over a year ago and though Hep C is gone, my life is very painful and tired. So much for this one. | F | 51 | 11 days | 10/5/2008 | 1 | Excessive daytime sleepiness | Euphoria first day, headache second day, then arthalgias, fever, flu like symptoms and a CRASH with increased somnolence, hypnogogic hallucinations, emotional lability, increased anxiety. Effects were reproducible! | I thought that I caught a virus from my kids @ first, but on re-challenge, same thing with frank meningitis like symptoms, sore toungue with scabby little lesions like Coxsakie virus (Hand-foot-mouth), and then sleepier than ever with bad dreams (Fell asleep watching the Cubs last nite, thought it was another drug-induced nightmare, but it was real!). These feelings cleared up several half lives after my each of my 7 day free trials. I don't want to risk it again (fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me). FTR, I am an MD and also on prozac & trileptal & propanolol for depression/generalized anxiety disorder. | M | 49 | 14 days | 10/5/2008 | 5 | narcolepsy, diagnosed by a mslt | break-through bleeding even though i was taking birth control pills, i discontinued the birth control pills since provigil lowers their effectiveness and i had break-through bleeding; on days when i have taken 400mg i had massive headaches, but i haven't had any headaches at 200mg (the dose we determined i need) | the first day i took provigil i felt 'awake' and 'energized' for the first time in over ten years...it gave me more energy than i was used to, which was a 'normal' level - not hyper...i still have trouble waking up in the morning because i feel so absolutely horrible when i wake that i want to die (this pre-dates provigil, but provigil has not improved this except for the first week on it)...i sometimes snooze my alarm for an hour or more before waking up without realizing that im doing it half the time...but once i get up and take provigil, i gradually awaken to my normal self again within an hour...also, i havent had any sleep attacks during the day at work or had to take a nap at lunch in my car since i started the medication...and i can concentrate again, which is great! im still late for work frequently as i find it near impossible to wake up in the morning, but im lucky to have an understanding boss! | F | 28 | 1 months | 9/24/2008 | 5 | sleep apnea | Initial start of prescription, maybe first 2 days, some 'jitteriness' like if you've had too much caffeine. No other side effects. | What a life-saver! 200mg when I wake up before I eat and that clears the brain fog, keeps me awake during my night shift work where there is alot of slow down time work. I can't imagine life without this medicine! | F | 34 | 2 years | 9/23/2008 | 5 | MS Fatigue | Then only side effect I have experienced is a feeling of "being outside myself" and racing thoughts. | I started Provigil 200mg PRN about 2 1/2 years ago for always being tired. I stopped taking after a few months due to insurance problems. I have recently restarted it and LOVE it. Before I was tired all the time and wanted to do nothing but sleep. I now have the energy and alertness to be more productive at work. I feel like I did BEFORE the MS complications. The first day or two I felt like I was "outside my body watching" but that has lessened. I also had racing thoughts, however, I was like that BEFORE the MS and Provigil. I think the the pros outweigh the cons in my situation, and as long as I am able I will continue to take it~ | F | 27 | | 9/16/2008 | 5 | Idiopathic hypersomnia (Narcolepsy) | My father has narcolepsy, and in my early 20s I started the signs myself. I could barely make it the 25 min drive to work in the a.m. after a full nights sleep with out driving off the road. When at work it got so bad that my boss caught me several times nodding off or flat out sleeping at my desk. My head would get very foggy when my sleepiness would come on, and being young and not understanding what was happening this got very frustrating and depressing to me. I would fall asleep very early at night, and still doze during the day where ever I was and when ever. Would even take my lunch break and sleep in my car for an hour in hopes it would make me feel better.I just never felt that I got enough sleep ever. I went to a sleep clinic over night and for a day study. I also went again at the request of the doctor for another day study just to ensure that he diagnosed me correctly as I was quite young. The sleep study showed that on average it took me 2 mins to fall asleep.At the study I | I was wrong, I fell asleep each and every time, without even knowing it. My docotor diagnosed me with idiopathic hypersomnia (sleepy brain, form of narcolepsy) and first prescribed dexadrine/dexastrat (sp?) which was what my father takes. It was one fast acting capsule that worked immediately and one pill to last for the day. This was WAY to strong for me, felt like I was on speed or something, made my heart race, it was horrible. My doctor then prescribed Provigil, 200 mg a day to be taken in the morning. For me this medicine is an absolute life saving miracle. I have been taking Provigil for over 5 years and every year that I go in for my check up with the doctor I tell him that it has been a life saver for me. I take it regularly, and very seldom miss a dose. If I do miss a dose and it's later in the afternoon, I find it's best not to take it until the next day, otherwise I do sometimes have trouble falling alseep at night. But when I do miss a dose, I can usually tell by about noon | F | 27 | 5 years | 9/14/2008 |