Full mind fog with ME/CFS, improved on modafinil then relapsed
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill before improving or writing
- Not stated
- Last post
- Nov 2017
In their words
- Now: Relapsed
It's hard going back to full mind fog again
In context ↗
Read from 1 of their posts and comments; links to the one this page draws on
Summary
A person with ME/CFS wrote in 2017 that Provigil (modafinil) really helped their mind fog, but they could no longer get the drug and found it hard going back to full mind fog again.
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What they tried
What they credit
Their words about each treatment
- Provigil · Helped
Provigil really helped me. But I can't get it any more. It's hard going back to full mind fog again
In context ↗
Approaches: Stimulants
Their path
They say too little about how ill they were at each step to draw it on the severity scale, so the steps are listed as they describe them. Dates are when they posted.
| When | What happened | After |
|---|---|---|
| — | illness with brain fog | |
| 2017-11-08 | Provigil helped the brain fogProvigil really helped me.In context ↗ | Modafinil / armodafinil |
| 2017-11-08 | lost access to Provigil, back to full mind fogBut I can't get it any more. It's hard going back to full mind fog againIn context ↗ |
Symptoms mentioned
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