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Re: Ritalin not designed for Narcolepsy

Posted by taylor on July 21, 2005 at 08:58:06:

In Reply to: Re: Ritalin not designed for Narcolepsy posted by sleepykitty on July 21, 2005 at 06:28:52:

The first time I took provigil[1/2 of 200 mg], my first question was why hasn't my physician prescribed this for me before. I was actually cleaning up my desk as the day came to a close, something I hadn't done in years[you are right-my desk was quite a mess.]

Saturday morning I took the entire 200 mg pill and passed out for a couple of hours after I'd started my day. I felt normal but I couldn't quite 'get it together' and stayed awake for longer than I planned because I didn't get to sleep until 6 a.m. Sunday morning.

Monday took half in a.m. and 1/2 @ noon which became my routine. I've noticed a differnce in my walk from time to time an almost casual walk and I always walked fast.

Week 3 and I'm beginning to have a headache and by thursday it's an unbearable sinus headache effecting the left side but at least today I can breathe because I'd increased the dosage back to one 200 mg tablet in a.m. and today I went back to 1/2 in a.m. and 1/2 @ noon.

I had pizza for lunch and by 2 p.m., I was fast asleep and had to take 5 mg of ritalin to stay awake.
I recommend taking one table on monday and the rest of the week - take Ritalin.


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