*maintains alertness & aids weight loss, great for shift workers......sounds like a wonder drug should i give it a ago?

Lunar
I think Provigil (Cephalon) is licensed for use here in the UK but you may find that it has restrictions for use attached to it, I think Provigil has been approved for use by people with a diagnosed sleep disorder and has recently been passed for use by MS sufferers but not for CFS.

Unfortunately here in the UK our GP's are very restricted with what they can prescribe, e.g. Low dose Naltrexone has been shown to be useful to some CFS patients in the US but in the UK it has only been licensed for use with MS patients. Your GP is NOT allowed to prescribe it to CFS patients. I personally think this sucks as there are so many treatments licensed here in the UK that I think would be worth trying but can't.

The best place to go to find treatments that are available for CFS in the UK is the NICE guidelines website, just type CFS in their search box and you will get a list of approved treatments your GP can prescribe and you will also be able to see the very long list of treatments that he CANNOT prescribe. This includes things like anti-virals, Vitamin B12 injections (the list is big).

I know this is probably as frustrating for you as it is for me.

Take care
Jen
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Thanks Jen I' m due to visit my GP Monday.....I know NICE doesnt stipulate guidelines on Modafinil ...generic name ( brand name Provigil), NICE currently reccomend Cognitive behavioural Therapy (CBT), Graduated Exercisew Therapy (GET) and a tricyclic antidepressant such as Amitriptyline I know Nice approve of Modafinil for narcolepsy and other such sleep disorders isnt CFS a sleep disorder of sorts.
I'm awaiting an appt with a CFS consultant maybe they have the authority to prescribe and not the GP.
I'll keep you informed....anyone in US tried Modafinal??

Good luck Lunar,

If you have success let us all know, I am gonna be first in the queue to try it if they are going to categorise CFS as a sleep disorder, (never even thought of putting that spin on it ).

It could work :-)

Jen

Yes, Modafinil is very effective, Neuroimaging studies also have helped to clarify modafinil effects on functional connectivity across brain network nodes. You can buy https://bit.ly/2EGisbx online nowadays very easily. Hope its help you. Thanks.

I've been prescribed modafinil...take a half dose and it pushes me through those rough days. It works quickly and is not psychoactive.. no highs. Its extremely expensive but medicare covers a large portion of it. Go for it.

I take it. My doctor prescribed in for sleep issues and for clarity in thinking, I guess. Not too expensive here in the US because modafinil is generic. The Provigil is horribly expensive.
I was hoping it would help with the fatigue, but it doesn't.
With the brain, it allows me to focus in on something I'm reading and writing about, better than I was without it. It might have helped with my circadian rhythm issues. But now I seem to be plugged into a 2 AM bedtime, which isn't what I wanted. But at least I don't have insomnia.

I'm not one to be much into medicines, per se. I considered stopping this medicine. But I'm not having any ill effects and I need all the help that I can get.