Medication/s for OSA
Afternoon,
Anyone take any medication in addition to doing CPAP therapy? I'm talking about medications like Provigil, etc.
I am curious. I did a search but didn't find too much information and what I did find was years old.
I'm on Provigil and it was great at first (while waiting for sleep study, CPAP, etc) but it seems to be wearing off. I am only like 7 days on CPAP and still take it. I think I was hoping to end the medication when I felt "instantly" better with CPAP, but the latter just isn't happeing. I know it's early and it can take time, so I'll take both until I reach some sort of equilibrium. Then again, does anyone do both and just have that as thheir treatment modality?
Cheers
RE: Medication/s for OSA
I think you should talk to your doctor about that. This isn't something a non medically trained person is likely to be able to give you good advice about.
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RE: Medication/s for OSA
Jedirye - You are not alone. At night, machine wise I am on a Bi-Pap ASV with full face mask set at EPAP of 15 and IPAP of +4 to max with 600mg of Gabapentin. PLUS, in the AM I take 400mg Provigil and 30mg Vyvanse. I sometimes wonder if the Provigil is still really doing anything and I will take only 200mg. Wow, there is a big difference. Even though we still may be tired a lot, we forget how bad it was without the Pap and drugs.
RE: Medication/s for OSA
Cool, was just wondering if people use both and continue to use both.
Cheers!
RE: Medication/s for OSA
You're not alone. I've been on CPAP since 10/2014. My SA is successfully treated, using AHI as the best indicator, but I seldom get through the day without serious sleepiness. My sleep doc wrote me a prescription for 50 mg Trazodone on Friday. I'll be taking it along with .25 mg Xanax as a test for thirty days. If it doesn't help, we'll try something else. Stay tuned....