Re: ADD and Narcoleptic

[Anonymous]

Hey, great thread! I happen to be HVZ’s sister-also ADD and narcoleptic. We now take Nuvigil, which is an isomer of Provigil and works much better for us. When I was on Provigil, I took it twice a day and sometimes still had to boost it with Ritalin at times. with the Nuvigil I have only rarely had to boost it and I take it only once a day, not twice. Between getting the hidden food allergies out of my system and starting Nuvigil, my ADD has been much easier to handle. Both my children have ADD and food allergies, but not the genetic markers for Narcolepsy. They have not had sleep studies however. My older child has ALWAYShad trouble getting to sleep–due to what we call “brain buzz” but has recently started Focalin (another methylphenedate with a slightly different delivery system than Concerta) and says that does help–not so much “buzz” when she’s trying to sleep. She also says she likes the way Focalin works better than the Concerta she was once on. There are others in our family with both ADD/HD and narcolepsy. Someone really needs to study this!

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