(Catching up on my blog reading/writing, so expect a few posts tonight...)
Boing Boing has a pointer to an article about Provigil over at Fortune. It caught my eye because I've been taking it for a few months now and it's been wonderful (though I don't think it works quite as well as the article says, at least for me). My psychiatrist perscribed it to me because the Lexapro was making me want to fall asleep during the day and it definitely helped. One thing that is cool about Provigil is that it doesn't prevent you from going to sleep if you want to, which is cool. The only problem is that I feel like I'm on way too many pills these days. I'm on two antidepressants (Lexapro and Trazodone (to help me sleep)), Provigil, Allegra, and then all my various lung stuff. Add in vitamins and I wish there was some way to buy all these things mixed up into a few less pills.
In the long run I'll be happy when I can be on a few less pills. But I wonder if this is now going to start being one of the new drugs that everyone wants to get. I can see demand from all kinds of people who don't really need it.
