Posted by Rick on April 9, 2003, at 8:56:32
In reply to Re: More good stuff on Adrafinil, posted by jparsell82 on April 8, 2003, at 19:45:58
100 mg of Provigil first thing in the morning definitely lasted all day long. I was wide-awake and full of energy all day. At the same time, it was never a problem sleeping when I *wanted* to -- even a daytime nap. Provigil worked for me from day one, and kept working. There were a handful of sleepless occasions, especially early on and especially at the "standard" dose of 200 mg (again, I usually only needed 100), but that's a different world than the frequent insomnia I used to have before taking Klonopin every morning -- with or without Provigil. (Sorry to belabor a point, but remember that my experience was with a combo of Provigil and an anxiolytic.)
BTW, my daily 1 mg Klonopin, all taken first thing in the morning, isn't sedating at all. (Klonopin did sometimes make me a little tired early on, especially when I took larger doses and had a two-three times a day regimen.) That's why I was able to drop the Provigil enitirely, although as I've indicated it did add extra energy and alertness and a lot of other good qualities like more-outgoing behavior. I originally added Provigil to help offset the physical and mental fatigue resulting from a Klonopin+Serzone combination. Even though the 1 mg of a.m. Klonopin alone is completely non-sedating for me, I sometimes wonder if it may potentiate any fatigue side-effects of other meds - psychotropic or otherwise.
BTW, I also tried piracetam for a short time, and later aniracetam for a somewhat longer time. While I certainly didn't give either one a long enough trial, they both made me kind of wired (at a fairly high dose for the piracetam). At the same time that it made me feel a bit nervous, aniracetam also made me a little sleepy. I don't know if the results would have been any different if these weren't being taken in combo with Klonopin. In the three weeks I took aniracetam (750 mg, then 1500 mg), I don't really think I saw any memory benefit. The package insert says to allow 60 days at 1500.
Rick
> Hey Rick, thanks for sharing your experiences. I've been interested before in trying Klonopin for my Social Anxiety but I've heard it's sedating and can cause memory problems. Being that I already have memory problems and never have any energy I don't think it would be good for me. As far as the Adrafinil, I'm planning on also taking Piracetam with it. The synergy of those two together should help a lot I hope. Oh... I got a question about when you took Provigil. Did you take a single dose and did it last all day long? I've heard the half-life for it is 15 hours but I wanted to hear from someone who tried it. Thanks a lot.
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