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Re: Provigil working even though I am not Narcoleptic?


Posted by Merrill on April 28, 2000 at 12:36:55:

In Reply to: Provigil working even though I am not Narcoleptic? posted by Anon on April 26, 2000 at 12:29:40:

As I understand it, Provigil is prescribed for treatment of EDS (excessive daytime sleepiness), which is only one of the four of five symptoms associated with narcolepsy. So if your diagnosis is idiopathic hypersomnlence (doctorese for EDS without any other narcolepsy symptoms), then Provigil is probably appropriate.

What your MD may have been referring to is the fact that Provigil is thought to work on the 'neural circuits' in the brain that actually control our transition between wakefulness, non-REM sleep, and REM sleep.

Hope this clears things up....

Merrill

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