Should I ask my doc about provigil

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Registered: 08-03-2005
Should I ask my doc about provigil
Sun, 10-02-2005 - 2:20pm
Well, the tremors are gone (I started cymbalta 60 mg about a week ago, and had tremors, which escalated into convulsions, then after I stepped down back to 30 mg, they went away), but now I have what i lovingly refer to as "zombification syndrome" (feeling like a zombie all day, no focus, concentration, or feeling whatsoever. If I wanted to feel like this, I'd still be smoking pot. No, not really, but you know what I mean. I have absolutely no energy. I'm currently on Cymbalta 30mg (working great for the bipolar II depression, but ain't doing jack squat for the anxiety), and seroquel (25 mg 2x a day and 100 mg at bedtime) (for those wonderful mood swings that my husband complains about all day) but I now don't even feel like a person, just a zombie-like zoned-out kind of feeling. For instance, if someone told me, "Hurry, I just spilled grape juice all over your carpet!", it would take me about 2 minutes for my brain to tell my body, "get the heck up and grab a paper towel!". If this doesn't make any sense, I'm sorry. I'm having a really hard time concentrating or making sense out of myself. I'm thinking of asing my doc for provigil to counteract the zombie mode and for the adhd I carried on with me through childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. Maybe Strattera, but I've heard that can make you even more tired. Any suggestions?