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 |
| 2 | Depression - with Methylphenidate | bad mood (as distinct from low mood), constant low grade headache, feeling less alert, difficulty getting out of bed in morning | didn't work for me | M | 39 | 7 days 100 mg 1X day | 5/18/2012 | 1 | falling asleep third shift | 109 mg of this stuff and I can't sleep for two days it feels like strong meth | M | 50 | 4 days 100 | 5/6/2012 | 5 | Fatigue from multi system Sjogren's | None | I did not take P very much for many years due my insurance/cost.It has become more affordable and so now I am taking it daily. In the past as well as now I found it boosted my mood and let me do daily tasks and have a life outside of my bed. I have also been taking a SRNI for years....but it never gave me the energy to get into having a life. | F | 64 | 8 years 100 mg 1X day | 3/3/2012 | 4 | Narcolepsy | Nausea, shaky feelings, jittery, overenthusiastic chattiness which can get a bit embarassing, feels very like cocaine actually, headaches | It works well for keeping me awake, but you have to stay on it and use it everyday, otherwise you have to go right back to the beginning again, trying to get used to the side effects. I take serc for the sick feeling. | F | 43 | 4 years 100mg 3X day | 3/2/2012 | 5 | narcolepsy | None. | Stop when you don't need it, no side effects. | M | 42 | 2 years 400 1X day | 1/25/2012 | 4 | shift work | headaches, irritability,teeth grinding. Bone fracture? | It works for the most part but I usually only take 100 mg to avoid side effects. I have brief blackouts toward the end of my 12 hour shift on the lower dose though. I've not seen any mention of this but I rolled my ankle and ended up with a tib/fib fracture. I do lots of weight bearing exercise, don't smoke or drink and in a lifetime of sports activity (inc. motorcycle racing and martial arts) this is 1st fracture. | F | 53 | 3 years 200 1X day | 12/30/2011 | 5 | Excessive sleepiness | Jaw clenching (quite bad and annoying) Slight headache (tolerable) Everything else is down to managing the stuff, which is not easy. | This was self-medication as GP had no answers for bad sleep. Rather than use a sleeping pill, I tried modafinil to wake myself up. No systematic effect on hunger. Incredibly effective if short of sleep for a day or two. Very productive, brain very clear - things that had puzzled me got sorted very quickly (maths stuff!) and raced through design and analysis (I'm an engineer). Some mood lift, not manic, definitely more sociable and positive. And confident. After a couple of months I got very tired & thought I might have damaged myself, took a break for a week felt normal again and found brain was back on-form :) I find I can sleep perfectly well if still affected at the end of the day though tend to wake early feeling I've had enough sleep. The much-vaunted "focus" can make it hard to change to other tasks. It's also a bit hard to manage: the effects run into the night so you end up short of sleep again unless you force yourself to go to bed. Get a bit crazy if you run short of sleep for several days running - flights of fancy, slight peripheral vision effects (of the "was that a bug flying past?" sort), just like being over-tired (like I am now) - which you are though you don't feel sleepy. (A short nap clears the head and then you need to force yourself to go to bed at a sensible time!) I find 100mg will dispel my usual tendancy to doze off (or most of it), 200 is nice, 400 does get a bit manic, I suppose that's when the stimulant effects st | M | 62 | 90 days 200mg 1X day | 12/29/2011 | 5 | Narcolepsy | none | Provigil works great at keeping me awake. I've had no side effects. | F | 29 | 5 years 200 mg 2X day | 12/22/2011 | 3 | Idiopathic Hypersomnia | dry mouth | It helped at first. I was taking nuvigil, but it stopped working so the doctor put me on provigil instead so I could take it more than once a day. The effects were similar, but this dosage is not working again. I am okay as long as I am up moving around, but if I sit for more than 10-15 min I struggle to keep my eyes open. It would be nice to sit and relax without feeling a nap is necessary. I go back to the doctor in January, but am considering calling sooner. I am definitely better than pre-med symptoms, but I'm not where I'd like to be. I've also lost about 30 pounds since starting the medicine. It's not to the point to where I am unhealthy, but I am concerned. | F | 25 | 4 months 200 2X day | 11/30/2011 | 5 | Mild Narcolepsy/Daytime Sleepiness | None | This medicine works very well. It helps me stay alert, but I don't feel "wired." I would recommend Provigil to anyone in the same situation. | M | 51 | 3.5 years 200 MG 1X day | 11/6/2011 | 5 | Depression/Rotating Shifts | Suppression of appetite, jittery/shaky at first (went away after a few days), could focus and get stuff done! Headaches at first, went away with time. | My psych HATES caffeine and I'm a serious caffeine junkie. Prescribed me this when I mentioned how first thing I do in the AM is turn on the coffee pot. Noticed effects IMMEDIATELY...like within an hour after taking. I've had days where I've cleaned the apartment and then some after taking my morning dose. However, effect seems to wear off and tolerance has increased over time and a years'-plus use. Has helped at times pull me out of mild depressive spells. Terribly expensive, my MD had to give prior authorization before insurance would cover it. HORRIBLE fatigue if I take it for awhile then stop or forget to refill it. But overall, satisfied. Except for the loss of appetite, bc I'm a little guy. | M | 28 | 16 months 400 2X day | 10/18/2011 | 3 | ADD | The side effects can be pure hell. I feel like my skin is on fire at times. My jaw aches and it feels as i have been grinding my teeth. Mind goes numb and I at times overconcentrate. Once it wears off I want to take another one but i fear I will not be able to sleep. The weekends when i dont take it I crash and sleep almost the whole weekend. | The drug works well but do the pros out weight the cons? For me they dont. I have been on most of the ADD drugs out there. This one has worked the best and didnt have as much side effects as the others but its still not worth it to me. Be careful and dont take over the recommended dosage... if you do you be in for a long ride of pure hell. | M | 28 | 4 years 200mg 1X day | 9/21/2011 | 5 | ms | none | Almost immediately, I had energy. I was able to play with my kids all day. My patience and mood are much improved. Yet I can easily take a nap if I need to ( after a long day at the beach in the waves). I feel like myself again! I am so grateful! | F | 45 | 5 weeks 200 mg 1X day | 9/18/2011 | 4 | ideopathic hypersomnia | Loss of appetite, headaches, dry mouth, tics (twitching), stomach pain, my brain feels numb. | It seems to do what it should. It keeps me awake all through the day. I operate heavy equipment from time to time as part of my job and it does not seem to effect my level of concentration at all. I have done some research and found that taking a "drug holiday" or going a day or two out of the week with out it will help it stay just as potent as the first time I used it. I have also noticed that when I work out a couple times a week a smaller dose is required to do the same job and for what ever reason the weight seems to come off faster. On the bad side at times I feel as though my brain is numb similar to taking too much cold medicine. Also I can usually fight off sleepyness later in the day as long as I stay physically active. If I come home and sit down for any length of time I'm usually fighting to stay awake. | M | 31 | 5 years 400mg 1X day | 8/30/2011 | 5 | excessive daytime sleepiness | side effects come and go. I have experienced insomnia, loss of appetite, being very confident and assertive which can come across as arrogance, argumentative when drinking, jaw clenching and sore mouth. | I would warn people against abusing the tablets like taking over the recommended dose to stay up for lengthened periods of time | F | 24 | 3 months 100 2X day | 8/10/2011 | 4 | Fatigue from MS | Pros- fifteen minutes after taking, I'm able to work. in the middle not pro or con-causes me to have a bowel movement about half an hour after taking. Cons- inability to sleep some nights after taking. | it's been a great help for me most days I take e medication. I have begun not taking it daily as it loses its effectiveness forme. I have been so exhausted that I'll take a pill and still immediately go to sleep. The days it picks me back up are great but the fact that I can't count on it always doing so can be problematic. | F | 43 | 10 years 200mg 1X day | 8/5/2011 | 4 | Idiopathic Hypersomnia | None | I take 300mg in the morning then 100mg at midday. I am more awake duing the day but in the evening I still crash at 7pm. Somedays I can fall asleep at 11am for a couple of hours then wake up take my second 100mg and then soon after fall asleep again for a couple of hours. | M | 34 | 1 months 100mg 4X day | 7/19/2011 | 4 | work | umm i got work done but uhh side effects wont go away.... | M | 16 | 2 days 200 8X day | 5/26/2011 | 4 | Narcolepsy | loss of appetite . | I would reccomend anyone with narcolepsy or other sleep disorders to try this .. sadly (for me) provigil wore off after 1 week , I have had to keep on increasing my dosage to keep awake ... even then unfortunalty I'm still sleeping a lot .... but .... my case of narcolepsy is severe , before taking provigil I slept 18/20 hrs a day and would often sleep solid for 4/5 days only waking to eat and drink.. now I can have days when I sleep once or twice for a few hours. some days it has no affect and I sleep the days away .. but I think this is the times when I would have my 'big' sleep periods and the provigil just isn't working .... The loss of appetite is a big problem, I have no urge to eat food at all.I forget to eat all day , then at 8pm realise I'm sooo hungry .. I have to set alarms to remind me to eat.. even when I'm trying to eat the thought of food and eating it is difficult . it's hard to explain ... but it's like my throat won't swallow , my stomach feels queezy ... this , for me, is the only major side affect .... I had diarrhea the first few weeks of taking it but that has stopped now ... I really do recommend this for those with a less severe case of narcolepsy , even if you have a severe case still try it .... I want to keep taking it but also another medication along side with it .... | F | 35 | 7 months 200mg 3X day | 5/26/2011 | 3 | depression | Brief "speedy" feeling & headache that went away after a few days. | Found a natural supplement that is Better than Provigil. It's called "Vitality" by NSEnterprises. | M | 51 | 30 days 200 1X day | 5/23/2011 |