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Do You Find Nuvigil Wears Off By The Afternoon?
A MyNarcolepsyTeam Member asked a question 💭

Hope everyone is having a great weekend. I'm newly diagnosed type 2, and have started on 200mg of Nuvigil.
It works in the morning for me, but by the time early PM rolls around, I'm fighting sleep attacks.
I tried cutting it in half, and taking the 2nd half at noon, but I'm still absolutely crawling during my shift at work.
Has anyone had that problem? If I may ask, if you did, what are you on now?
Thanks in advance!!!!

posted June 11, 2022
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A MyNarcolepsyTeam Member

I can’t take provigil as it causes my blood pressure to go up real high! Haven’t tried anything else yet!

posted July 16, 2022
A MyNarcolepsyTeam Member

I have Type 1 Narcolepsy (with Cataplexy) and my Nuvigil (250mg) doesn’t wear off in the afternoon but sometimes I do find the quite opposite.. it seems like the medicine kicks in double time around the evening (5-6pm).

posted June 24, 2022
A MyNarcolepsyTeam Member

Maybe discuss with your Dr. There's probably something better suited for you to take that would be more effective at providing wakefulness. I couldn't take the Provigil or Nuvigil. So my doctor put me on Dextroamphetamine. It's worked for me.

posted June 11, 2022
A MyNarcolepsyTeam Member

I quit coming here before because it kept denying perfectly acceptable posts but kept telling me to consider re-wording it… I don’t come here to play mind games and so now I wasted my time… I cant explain a factual medical term pertaining to the related question, so I will go eat breakfast and get on with my life. 😂😖

posted January 9
A MyNarcolepsyTeam Member

I’ve been taking 200 mg for several years. Even with 30 mg Ritalin, I have a hard time staying awake after lunch. I take a 2nd dose of Ritalin just before lunch. Then I can’t stay awake after work often falling asleep before or after dinner

posted June 28, 2022

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