-Provigil (was Fibromyalgia and Exam stress)

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Hi ,

It really isn't a good idea to take stimulants if you have adrenal fatigue.

You need to let your adrenal gland rest and recuperate. It can't do that if

you are poking it with a stick. That is pretty much what you are doing when

you take any stimulants like Provigil and caffine. I know, I'm not thrilled

about it either. i'm still working on weaning myself off of caffine. I

already stopped taking my Provigil. That wasn't as hard as I thought it

would be though once I started taking the HC. Honestly I think I had gotten

to a point that my adrenals just couldn't be stimulated much so it wasn't

really doing anything anyway.

Cherie

A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy

enough people to make it worth the effort. Herm Albright

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> I Need to know, Is this okay to stimulate our hypothalamus? I take

> Provigil 4 timees per week, and caffine, My Dr said I like flying

> high!!!! I dont know if that was good, bad or just a funny...

> Thanks for the help

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9:51 AM

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> i'm still working on weaning myself off of caffine.

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I drank LOTS of coke before all this started - and it seemed to get

ineffective, possibly because it couldn't poke the adrenals any

further. I'm almost weaned off of Isocort, and had about 4 oz of

caffeinated coke (there's a study that showed caffeine may be useful

in the treatment of pred. withdrawl. Don't know if it applies to

things other than pred, or to a digestive route for the caffiene.)

But WOW - I'm not going to have anything more with caffeine for a

long damn while now..

It seemed even stronger than the small amounts I had when I was on

*more* Isocort - would this indicate the adrenals did indeed heal, or

that the ACH signal to them was just stronger (caffeine stimulates

ACTH - I presume centrally, so perhaps that helps to re-establish

things in pred. withdrawl. Of course, pred essentially shuts the

whole HPA (I read on one page that a typical dosage was *20-80 mg*.

I'd think that would kill a person's adrenals, in much less than the

" 7-day " limit I've read of pred.

Jim