Me too. Of course it also makes me think of Fay putting all the t's in "Fugeddaboutit"so I love it more.

On first glance at Large Val Kilmer, on the front page of that link, I thought it was Jeff Bridges.

In that picture, he looks like the missing link between Jeff and Beau. And a bit like Lloyd too. I wonder if Lloyd had any kids that we weren't told about...

Ack, Steph, I'm sorry you've been having it so rough lately.

Ack, Steph, I'm sorry you've been having it so rough lately.

I just have to wait for the blood test results from my doctor, and then see what he wants to treat, and then see if it works.

In the meantime, I'm kind of getting used to the panic attacks and constant weeping.

I don't like it -- I'm hyperventilating and crying right now, actually -- but I'm getting used to it.

I'm not supposed to be having panic attacks any more, damn it. Everything is resolved and fine from before, when I had the first one. My dad is fine, the election is over, work is okay, The Boy is recovered fine from surgery, my vertigo is mostly gone -- but I'm not okay. I'm actually so far from okay that I don't know what happened, because NOTHING happened. Everything is fine in my life right now. Except me, and I'm totally broken. Without a warranty.

That's WAY too vague of a question, honey.

I'm sorry, you. I didn't mean for it to be so vague. I'm in a bit of a panic because we went to decrease meds, and now we're back at all of the original dosages and talking about adding a new med.

I guess I'm trying to figure out if it will be a helpful addition to my current cocktail, and that's probably not something you can answer anyways. I'm also curious if anyone's taken it. That question wasn't only directed at you, even though it probably seemed like it.

I'm mostly wondering about interactions and what exactly it's supposed to do and if there's any long-term effects from taking it.

This is how brilliant I am, today. I bolded something to make a point. To a blind person. Doy. Yes, underappreciated genius here. You betcha. Also. Tep, take a minute and just breathe. Take deep breaths and count them...the meditation I used used the number 36.(don't know why...maybe cause it takes a minute.)

what exactly it's supposed to do

Improve wakefulness in patients with sleep apnea or similar issues (though not insomnia). It can -- and often is -- used concurrently with a CPAP machine. (I sound like one of those leaflets in the box with the drug, don't I?)

interactions

Boy, I can't remember what you take, but I know there are issues between Provigil and other drugs that are metabolized via the same hepatic pathway -- Provigil can end up *reducing* the blood levels of some of those drugs.

if there's any long-term effects from taking it.

Depends on your definition of "long-term." The manufacturer would probably say no, there are no long-term effects. And that would be because drug trials in humans probably didn't run longer than 18 months. There simply isn't going to be data for longer than that, which sucks. New drugs, quite honestly, turn the patients into guinea pigs for long-term data.

All of which was probably supremely unhelpful. But it's all I got.

Provigil can end up *reducing* the blood levels of some of those drugs.

Ok. Good to know.

All of which was probably supremely unhelpful. But it's all I got.

Completely untrue. So, it's pretty new? I didn't realize that. My shrink talked like it was something he thought we'd tried before, so I assumed it had been around for a while.

So, it's pretty new? I didn't realize that.

A patent was granted in 1990 (thank you, Wikipedia). FDA gave it orphan drug status in 1993, but that results in relatively limited prescribing, for really proscribed conditions. Its use has been more widespread since probably the mid-00s (or whatever we call this decade).

So not brand-new as in "came on the market in the past year." It's possible your shrink had you try it under orphan drug status, which is kinda cool.