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Originally Posted by AintSoBad
Anyone ever have a sleep study done?
After I acquired the TBI, I got apnea, real bad. People would panic, because I would stop breathiing. (I was always a snorer).
I use a CPap now, and it's like night and day, how alert I am as opposed to if I don't use it.
Also,
Anyone ever been put on "Provigal"?
It's an EVIL medication, if you have RSD, but, they're promoting it as a "smart" drug.
College kids, lawyers, etc. are using it. To me, it's just legal speed. Expensive too!
I use "Aricept", and other "Altzheimer's" meds that my doctor sample me with.
They're excellent, and no side effects.
If I forget to take it, I'm stupid all day. (This goes as treatment for the TBI).
these are just thoughts......
Pete
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Pete, I was on Provgil for quite some time & I really liked it. It helped me stay focused & not be so drowsy during the day. I am sorry it didn't work for you. The problem is the expense of it. Even with insurance it cost me $100 a month. I become tolerant to my meds fairly easily & it had stopped being of any significant relief to me & I was going to have to increase my dosage. I wasnt really willing to do that. So I have stopped taking it. I know in 2010 its supposed to become generic. If I feel I still need then I will try it again hoping after a break it will work again. WHen I first got RSD I was trying to go to school. I had thought this was all going to get better. ANd I may not go back to my physical job but I would work again. If it hadnt been for Provigil I would have had a tougher time with school. Meds works so different for each of us. Thats the bad part about RSD. Alot of us take the same kinds of meds but nothing seems to be set in stone for us. I hope your on medications that work for you now.
Wishing you a low pain day,
Denny