Currently I am not seeing a neurologist. I called my pcp today and
since I already had an appointment for July 27th they said I can wait
until then unless I start having chest pains. My sleep doctor seems
to think the Provigil is the safest option for my sleepiness. In the
past I was on a number of Rx's for fibromyalgia but since my daughter
was born (little over 3yrs ago) I've tried to stay off taking alot of
drugs. All I have now is a beta blocker (I suffer from migraines) and
birthcontrol. It is possible my pcp will send me to a heart doctor
(we'll see in two weeks). I know last year or the year before we did
have me goto a heart guy but at the time they said everything was
fine (they did an ultra sound of my heart at that time).

Today (after taking 1/2 a 200mg provigil yesterday) I'm still feeling
short on breath and sort of shaky. I can say now I don't see any way
they could get me to take the Provigil again.

Cat


--- In Narcolepsy-Chat@yahoogroups.com, Professor Web
<profweb4u@y...> wrote:
> HI Cat,
> I hope you are seeing a neurologist. If you are not then you
need to go see a heart doctor right away. There is other medicine
out there besides provogil. When I took provigil they had to put me
on Xynex because of the hallucenations it gave me. I found another
doctor who put me on another medicine which dropped 3 other
prescriptions to. I would get s econd opinion.
>
> Bill
>
> Catherine Miller <catYahoo@m...> wrote:
> I just saw my sleep doctor again. He has tried to put me on
Provigil
> for my idiopathic hypersomnia.
>
> Last year I tried to take the Provigil and when I took 1 a day I
> noticed a racing/irregular heartbeat and tightness of my chest. But
> after a short period of taking it regularlly it didn't work (I hit
a
> point after he increased me to 2 a day where I could take my second
> one and go take a long nap).
>
> Well after I saw him this time he still wanted me to try to take
the
> Provigil (1/2 pill 2x a day). I took half this morning after I had
> breakfast and now I can feel my heart (I've discribed it in the
past
> as my heart is racing the Dayton 500... fast in the straight away
and
> slowing in the curves...etc) beating really oddly and I keep trying
> to take deep breathes but feel like I can't get any oxygen in.
>
> One other thing my sleep doctor noticed yesterday was a heart
murmur.
> Could the provigil be making this worse? I am going to call my pcp
> today and see what he wants to do now.
>
> Cat
>
>
>
>
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