# Anyone here on Provigil?  What is it like?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-on-provigil-what-is-it-like/131149>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 7, 2002, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-on-provigil-what-is-it-like/131149 "2002-10-07T04:40:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2002, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-on-provigil-what-is-it-like/131149/1 "2002-10-07T04:40:10Z")

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What are the effects like? Any bad reactions? Is it the wonder drug they say it is?

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**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2002, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-on-provigil-what-is-it-like/131149/2 "2002-11-13T05:33:21Z")

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^old bump^

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**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2002, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-on-provigil-what-is-it-like/131149/3 "2002-11-13T06:41:31Z")

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It didn’t do anything for my fatigue.

I have MS, and it is popular to prescribe for fatigue over stimulants like methylphenidate(ritalin).

I found I had no energy when I was on it.

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**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2002, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-on-provigil-what-is-it-like/131149/4 "2002-11-13T07:24:28Z")

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If it isn’t too personal, why were you considering ProVigil?

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**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2002, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-on-provigil-what-is-it-like/131149/5 "2002-11-13T08:07:25Z")

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Can’t sleep, clown will eat me.

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**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2002, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-on-provigil-what-is-it-like/131149/6 "2002-11-13T08:10:31Z")

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Seriously, the reports of it sound to good to be true. A drug that makes it so that you simply do not have to sleep, with no ill side effects? Incredible. I always thought that it was kind of weird and creepy for people to buy drugs (like Viagra and some hormone treatments) from overseas pharmacies, but this has me honestly considering it. Think, if you could even just cut out two nights of sleep a week, how far back would that effectively push the grave for the average person?