Just Started Help!!! - ADD / ADHD Message Board

ndb1 · 06-08-2006, 08:42 AM

Once you start taking med for ADD, is it hard to sleep for the first few days? Anyone? Please?

addprogrammer · 06-08-2006, 09:28 AM

ndb1,

ADHD is a very complex disorder. What is worse, there is a dearth of qualified medical help available in most communities. I'm assuming from your first post, that you are on Provigil. Why?

Bob

ndb1 · 06-08-2006, 04:06 PM

For ADD. I was told it would be approved by FDA in the fall..

addprogrammer · 06-08-2006, 06:54 PM

What I meant was ....

Why did your doctor prescribe Provigil rather than a FDA approved for ADHD med?

Generic attention and concentration problems can come from lack of sleep. Medical conditions like sleep apnea disrupt healty sleep patterns. When that is the case, Provigil is useful.

If your doctor prescribed Provigil for some other reason, then you should ask him/her why. I don't know if you'll adjust to it. I don't know if it will ever help if you are ADHD. Ask your doctor.

Most newly diagnosed ADHDers are usually started on a low dose of regular release Ritalin. It won't keep you awake at night unless you take your last dose very late in the day.

Is there some good reason your doctor won't prescribe Ritalin?

Bob

ndb1 · 06-09-2006, 08:07 AM

Thanks programmer. I don't know exactly why this med was chosen. I was told that Provigil will soon be marketed for ADD and that it was a better choice.