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Sep 09, 2009, 07:15 PM
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Member Since: Jul 2009
Location: Phoenix, AZ, USA
Posts: 2,779
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I actually take a "cognitive enhancer" called Provigil, which is actually a drug used to treat narcolepsy. It wakes me up. Not really like speed or anything (I took amphetamines back in the 1960's). I am bipolar and both my mood stabilizer and my antidepressant can leave me kind of "dull" in the head and the Provigil helps. The other enhancer I'm on is called Cytomel, which it straight T3. I am also hypothyroid and the Cytomel simply boosts the metabolism of the other meds. In AZ, we have free public assistance for mental illness and neither of those drugs are on the formulary so I have to pay for them myself. Fortunately, for the time being, I have insurance through my husband's work. But not sure if I'm going to get to continue them when he retires cuz I'll be on Medicare Part D only. 
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