My meds provider has given me a script for Provigil--due to excessive daytime sleepiness (side effect from meds for bipolar 1). Been on it about 18 yrs. Could not function without it...

Fell asleep driving before on Provigil.

She DID have to fight w/ins. co. to get it covered as it is allowed for sleep apnea (she was using it off-label for me), but she provided documents from scientific journals from those many yrs. ago & convinced them it would be beneficial for my bipolar treatment. In the process of being approved by FDA for bipolar now. It is very expensive (so what else is new?). I NEEDED to have my insurance cover the cost of the Provigil.

As I said, I could not function without it...

Thank goodness for psychiatric nurse practitioners who spend the time w/you & are wiling to go to bat for you....

Went to a DBSA support group meeting tonight.

Should shut up & go to bed!!