• Effectiveness

  Slight (for fatigue)
• Effectiveness

  Major (for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder)
• Side effects

  Mild (for Overall) (increased wakefulness)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Dosage: 30 mg Three times daily

Advice & Tips: Life is much better (that probably gooder english, can you say much better. But it is much, much better than without) with this medication.

Cost: < $25 monthly

• Effectiveness

  Major (for fatigue)
• Side effects

  None (for Overall)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Dosage: 30 mg Twice daily

Advice & Tips: It helps to keep me going.

Cost: < $25 monthly

• Effectiveness

  Major (for fatigue)
• Side effects

  None (for Overall)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Dosage: 7.5-7.5-7.5-7.5 mg Daily

Cost: < $25 monthly

• Effectiveness

  Slight (for problems concentrating)
• Effectiveness

  Slight (for excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence))
• Side effects

  Severe (for Overall) (excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence), excessive yawning, jittery feeling)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Dosage: 30 mg Daily

• Effectiveness

  Slight (for problems concentrating)
• Effectiveness

  Slight (for excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence))
• Side effects

  Moderate (for Overall) (excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence), excessive yawning, jittery feeling)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Dosage: 30 mg Daily

Advice & Tips: Dose: 20mg short acting in a.m. and 10mg short acting at 3 p.m. The first day of new dose was about 75% better. Up all day; took bedtime meds at 1:00 a.m.; woke up at 3:30 and was up for the day at 4:00 a.m. Second day was about 50% better than before I started, but I was yawning all day and started getting tired around 5:30. I started falling asleep during a movie between 5-7 p.m. and continued to nod off/fall asleep while I was on the computer and doing crossward puzzles. This is the third day and I woke up tired. It's 12:30 p.m. and I'm having trouble with concentration and vision. I notice that my sense of tiredness sometimes corresponds with vision and concentration problems. Another dose at 3:00 p.m. Will see PCP on Monday to discuss dose and the Sleep Specialist on Tuesday.

• Effectiveness

  Major (for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder)
• Effectiveness

  Major (for myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome)
• Side effects

  Mild (for Overall) (decreased appetite)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Dosage: 20 mg Daily

Advice & Tips: None

Cost: $50-99 monthly

• Effectiveness

  Slight (for fatigue)
• Effectiveness

  Moderate (for fibro fog)
• Effectiveness

  Moderate (for memory problems)
• Side effects

  None (for Overall)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Dosage: 30 mg Daily

Advice & Tips: The medication helped me focus and I couldn't see any long term side effects, but I didn't have any objective testing to verify that.

Cost: < $25 monthly

• Effectiveness

  Major (for fatigue)
• Effectiveness

  Moderate (for memory problems)
• Effectiveness

  Moderate (for fibro fog)
• Side effects

  None (for Overall)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  A little hard to take

Dosage: 30 mg Daily

Advice & Tips: The medication improved my concentration, almost to the point of making me obsessive about the area of interest. I have enough energy to participate in home life nearly every day.

Cost: < $25 monthly

• Effectiveness

  Major (for myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome)
• Effectiveness

  Major (for narcolepsy)
• Effectiveness

  Moderate (for problems concentrating)
• Side effects

  Mild (for Overall) (jittery feeling)
• Adherence

  Usually
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Dosage: 2.5-2.5-2.5-2.5 mg Twice daily

Advice & Tips: Took first thing (early) morning. Unexpected Benefits: helped with my depression (cheered me up!), BUT...it also RAN MY BLOODPRESSURE, & HEART RATE UP!

Cost: < $25 monthly

• Effectiveness

  Major (for Other)
• Side effects

  None (for Overall)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Dosage: 30 mg Daily

Advice & Tips: don't skip doses, don't take more than prescribed, if taking twice a day, take second dose before 2:00p.m., more effective if taken on an empty stomach.

Cost: < $25 monthly

• Effectiveness

  Slight (for Other)
• Side effects

  Moderate (for Overall) (insomnia, shaky hands, skin rash)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Somewhat hard to take

Side effects: shaky hands, skin rash, insomnia

• Effectiveness

  Major (for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder)
• Effectiveness

  Major (for impulse control disorder)
• Side effects

  Moderate (for Overall) (insomnia, dry mouth, headaches, restlessness (akathisia), apathy)
• Adherence

  Usually
• Burden

  A little hard to take

Dosage: 60 mg Daily

Advice & Tips: Close monitoring needed when comorbid psychological dx exist, (i.e., Anxiety Dis, Panic Dis, Depression...)

Side effects: apathy, dry mouth, headaches, restlessness (akathisia), insomnia

• Effectiveness

  Major (for fatigue)
• Side effects

  Moderate (for Overall) (insomnia, weight loss, dry mouth, restlessness (akathisia), always feel urgent need to be doing something productive, mood elevated or improved, apathy)
• Adherence

  Usually
• Burden

  Somewhat hard to take

Dosage: 30 mg Daily

Advice & Tips: it helps a lot with fatigue but take early in morning so you can sleep at night

Cost: < $25 monthly

Side effects: dry mouth, restlessness (akathisia), mood elevated or improved, insomnia, always feel urgent need to be doing something productive, weight loss, apathy

• Effectiveness

  Moderate (for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder)
• Side effects

  None (for Overall)
• Adherence

  Usually
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Dosage: 30 mg Daily