Provigil/Idiopathic Hypersomnia
Question:
Hello! Since reading the many posts here I have noticed that there are quite a few people on Provigil to help maintain their sleep disorders. I, too am on Provigil 200mg, 2 x’s a day. I was on Ritalin in the beginning and it worked great for approx. 1 year and then I had an S.V.T. attack.(super ventricular tachicardia)(heart rate 200bpm) According to the heart speacilist the attack was caused by the ritalin. Since then, approx 2 years ago, I have been on the provigil. I still have mild attacks of rapid heart beats up to 180-190 lasting from 2 to 5 min. The Dr. said that provigil was my last hope yet it seems to not work so good for me. I can take it and still sleep. The little research I was able to find on it says it can cause heart arythmias too. I would like to know if anyone knows the outcome of long term usage on this particular drug? Thanks Again! SleepyBme
Response:
SleepyBme wrote: > Hello! > Since reading the many posts here I have noticed that there are quite a few > people on Provigil to help maintain their sleep disorders. I, too am on > Provigil 200mg, 2 x’s a day. I was on Ritalin in the beginning and it worked > great for approx. 1 year and then I had an S.V.T. attack.(super ventricular > tachicardia)(heart rate 200bpm) According to the heart speacilist the attack > was caused by the ritalin. Since then, approx 2 years ago, I have been on > the provigil. I still have mild attacks of rapid heart beats up to 180-190 > lasting from 2 to 5 min. The Dr. said that provigil was my last hope yet it > seems to not work so good for me. I can take it and still sleep. The little > research I was able to find on it says it can cause heart arythmias too. I > would like to know if anyone knows the outcome of long term usage on this > particular drug? Thanks Again! SleepyBme
FWIW, four weeks ago my neurologist sleep doc said there are no long term studies on Provigil, and the only appropriate long term use is for narcolepsy, the illness Provigil was developed to treat.
