Posted by pulse on June 11, 2005, at 19:29:13
In reply to Re: Provigil compared to stimulants? Thoughts pls » Maxime, posted by Mr.Scott on June 8, 2005, at 23:53:17
very interesting reactions & first i've seen posted here that (almost completely) mirror mine. i also have a caffeine to cocaine history, and even before reading your post, i HAVE wondered what the deal is. one woud think re: wb esp., the dopamine/ pleasure centers help would hit the RIGHT spot. nothing could be further from my experience! yes, anxiety in pilll form & just off the charts. almost scary! plus for me, literally constant urping from the minute wb went down my gullet, which only subsided when i (very briefly) could sleep on it.
provigil was perhaps almost as disappointing. for me:
day 1 - perty good
day 2 - less good
day 3 - major crash into depression (here is where we differ.)i'm a stubborn cuss, so i had to try it 2 more times - with the exact same reults.
also some headaches (no biggie for me), but just too much nausea, constipation, urping, just an all round yucky GI feeling. i felt i over focused on that 1 day out of 3 i got. never again.
ritalin is ok for me, but decided to quit stims due to GI and crash effect. just not worth it for me. prozac gives me enough stimulation at lower than standard dosage and tolerable GI SEs. weak iced coffee i can still tolerate gut-wise and of course nicotine. caffeine pills i cannot.
saddest of all is i well know that if i ever went back to cocaine, i'd have NO GI problem. (while dying...lol)
thankfully, my depression is in full remission....finally.
do you understand why wb & provigil were both such disasters for us? that's the eternal mystery of all these meds to me. (parnate was similar to wb for me.)
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