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Taking Modafinil
520 Patients currently take Modafinil
65 Patients stopped taking Modafinil
kljones
Sensation: mild
Overall: moderate
Cognition: moderate
Vision: moderate
Speech: moderate
Swallowing: moderate
Upper limb: moderate
Walking: moderate
kljones
Provigil, 100 mg daily since May 08, 2008
Fairy Goth Mother
Sensation: mild
Overall: none
Cognition: moderate
Vision: none
Speech: none
Swallowing: none
Upper limb: none
Walking: mild
Fairy Goth Mother
Provigil, 400 mg daily since Oct 05, 2007
sassymom
Sensation: moderate
Overall: mild
Cognition: moderate
Vision: moderate
Speech: moderate
Swallowing: mild
Upper limb: moderate
Walking: moderate
sassymom
Provigil, 100 mg daily since Nov 19, 2007

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Brand Names: Alertec, Modiodal, Provigil

What is Modafinil? Modafinil is an anti-narcoleptic medication used to treat excessive sleepiness caused by sleep disorders such as narcolepsy or sleep apnea. It is sometimes used off-label to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD); and treatment of fatigue in MS and other disorders. Read more...Click to read more below


What we've learned

Why Patients Take Modafinil

Fatigue
Fatigue: 100% 373
Excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence)
Excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence): 16% 61
Other
Other: 12% 46
slow my disease's progress
slow my disease's progress: 3% 12
Disease-related symptoms
Disease-related symptoms: 3% 10
Brain fog
Brain fog: 1% 5
Not indicated
Not indicated: 1% 4
Problems concentrating
Problems concentrating: 1% 3
Don't know
Don't know: 1% 2
General health
General health: 1% 2
Bladder problems
Bladder problems: 0% 1
Central sleep apnea
Central sleep apnea: 0% 1
Slowness
Slowness: 0% 1

Patient Dosages

2 mg daily 10 mg daily 20 mg daily 40 mg daily 50 mg daily 70 mg daily 100 mg daily 150 mg daily 200 mg daily 250 mg daily 300 mg daily 400 mg daily 500 mg daily 600 mg daily 800 tbs. daily 1 mg as needed 10 mg as needed 25 mg as needed 50 mg as needed 100 mg as needed 200 mg as needed 300 mg as needed 400 mg as needed N/A
1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 7 Number of Patients: 7 1 Number of Patients: 1 97 Number of Patients: 97 4 Number of Patients: 4 237 Number of Patients: 237 2 Number of Patients: 2 18 Number of Patients: 18 75 Number of Patients: 75 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 6 Number of Patients: 6 18 Number of Patients: 18 24 Number of Patients: 24 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 67 Number of Patients: 67  

How Long Current Patients Have Been Taking Modafinil

< 1 month > 1 month > 3 months > 6 months > 1 year > 2 years
8
33
62
73
75
186

Why Patients Stopped Taking Modafinil (multiple reasons could be selected)

Side effects too severe
Side effects too severe: 100% 25
Did not seem to work
Did not seem to work: 76% 19
Other
Other: 68% 17
Expense
Expense: 48% 12
Doctor's advice
Doctor's advice: 36% 9
Personal research
Personal research: 24% 6
Course of treatment ended
Course of treatment ended: 16% 4
Not indicated
Not indicated: 16% 4

How Long Patients Took Modafinil Before Stopping

< 1 month > 1 month > 3 months > 6 months > 1 year > 2 years
17
13
5
9
9
17

Average: 1 star 2 star 3 star 4 star Modafinil Ratings

4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
4: 100% 27
3 stars3 stars3 stars
3: 52% 14
2 stars2 stars
2: 37% 10
1 star
1: 11% 3


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