Nuvigil Side Effects (Page 5) (Top voted first)

I'm having severe side effects from nuvigil. Muscle and joint pain with numbness and tingling down my arms.

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I have experience all of the symtoms except for the tingling and tic but I now seem to studer over my word at time does anyone else have this experience?

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i started taking one half of a 250 mg nuvigil.i want to hear from anyone that had good experience from it.Due to crazy shift work i was always too tired for sex but last night was the first night that i was actually awake and wanted to have sex with my partner.I dont have tingling or a headache.I am a little nervous.Will that go away? Has anyone had the same experience? I WANT TO GIVE THE MED A TRY BUT HAVE ONLY READ BAD THINGS ABOUT IT

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I suffer from severe CFS (exhaustion, constant sleepiness) as well as sleep apnea. Was taking 10 mg. of Adderall morning and noon and did great on that. But sleep doctor wanted me to try Nuvigil since it's supposed to be better... 150 mg. did nothing for my sleepiness so he upped it to 250 mg. This DID start really helping the sleepiness - like others, I still felt tired but like it was masked and I could at least stay awake during the day to get some things done. However, after being on it for 3 months now, I've started having really bad tremors (hands shake and I can't write straight!) - and also ringing in my ears (a buzzing sound that is CONSTANT) - this is driving me NUTS. Did anyone else get this ringing in the ears?! I stopped the Nuvigil a little over a week ago and the tremors are gone, but the ringing is still going on in my left ear - right ear finally stopped ringing 2 days ago. I'm hoping my left ear will quit ringing soon. I hope my doctor will put me back on the Adderall - I was not abusing it in any way and it at least was helping w/o these bizarre side effects!

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So far I've just had a little bit of a dry mouth. But I'm glad to read your posts so I will know what to expect. If I get any of the symptoms mentioned here then I'll get with my doc and get off the Nuvigil asap. But so far, I feel great on this stuff.

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Been on 250mg. for two weeks and have been very happy with this drug. In the last three days I have gotten severe heart burn and chest pressure. I don't want to stop it because it has helped me so much, but the pain is bad.

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I hurt my back 3 years ago, and I've been on pain meds ever since. I've been on PROvigil to combat the sleepiness, but my dr. decided to have me switch to Nuvigil. That night I had the worst, burning tailbone pain I've had since the original injury! So I went back to the Provigil yesterday, and I took the full dose of 2 pills. That terrible burning came back!! I'm on morphine and it didn't touch the pain! I read that back pain is a side effect of Provigil!! So maybe it is of Nuvigil also?

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I started a little over a week ago on the Nuvigil for possible narcolepsy. I was supposed to take a half of a 250 mg to start and I forgot and took the whole pill. Felt awake and great the first few hours, then felt like I was having a total panic attack. Couldn't sleep that night, stomach hurt and I didn't want to eat. Didn't take it at all the next day and still felt like I was an emotional wreck, crying, heart racing etc. I went back to the half a pill for the week and I have been more awake but feel totally weird. Today I started the full 250 and I felt like I was going to die- I nearly asked my husband to take me to the hospital. I finally took some xanax and calmed down some but I have a horrible headache. I don't know if I can continue this stuff... I will try to go back to the half of a pill and if it doesn't get better in a few days I will quit it. I understand it's very expensive and difficult to get through your insurance, so I'm thankful I didn't pay for this!

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I went to the doctor at noon today...gave him my symptoms..I am very tired all the time. He gave me the 250 dosage of nuvigil and not long after taking it..I had extreme energy..I went home and cleaned out the refrigerator..mopped..cooked a cake and felt GREAT! However, about 7 hours later I began to get nausiated..and felt irritable. Took a hot bath then tried to go to bed..Slept only about an hour and I am still up. I also have an EXTREMELY bad headache and my entire jaw is killing me..My eyes feel dry and now I wish I never tried it...I took a maxalt for a migraine and I hope I feel better soon..Oh and one more thing I forgot to mention...My heart rate was also way higher than it normal is..I could hear my pulse in my head...Throwing this one in the garbage...Tired is MUCH better!

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I have severe numbness in left arm and leg, stomach upset, nausea, heart races, chest pain. I have to continue taking it or I cannot work. I take 150 mg on nights that I work

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I've had problems with nuvigil also. I even cut my 150 mg. dosage in half and still have nausea and the weird trembling on the inside but doesn't show outside, however I feel like I want to jump out of my skin.

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I was prescribed 150 mg. Nuvigil for my fatigue and tiredness due to MS. From the begining I felt it was not a normal feeling I was getting from it, but it did help me stay awake. Perhaps too well. I cut the pill in half, but not a huge difference.

I noted that it caused nausea and I lost my appetite. I even lost 8 lbs, which is not all bad!

However, I've stopped taking it as I simply can't fall asleep unless I take something to counter the Nuvigil. I don't want to get into the up/down syndrome. I think my neuro would agree with this.

It's frustrating. The thing with all the drugs for MS and other ailments is that they are just what they appear to be...a drug. A powerful drug.


I'm just not going to take the chance with this stuff.

Good luck. Diane

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I am taking Nuvigil for MS. Started it because my new insurance pharmacy management company wouldn't allow me to continue with the Provigil I've taken for years (that works, by the way). I've been on it for 4 days .Now I have a horrible headache (used to get these and migraines and hadn't had one for years until now). I also have severe incontinence, which I haven't had with my MS for a few years. It's terrible. I had appealed the insurance already - both me and my neurologist- before taking it, but they said "no" to the Provigil. I'm so irritated by that! The provigil worked great. I have so many health conditions that it didn't make sense to mess up a stable condition. Now I'm a mess. I'd say not to take this medication, especially if something else had been working. There are too many politics around this drug and I'd rather take what works!! Evidently, Provigil is getting to the point where there will be a generic, and this is a way to keep a medication out there similar enough to Provigil that is not a generic. That is not a good enough reason for me to be forced to take it, just because of politics and that it costs less. The other works better.

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Hi everyone.
I took Provigil then Nuvigil for ADD. I'm fine on it. I am a lightweight on any med i take like aspirin (i'm not taking anything other than Nuvigil), and I was on the smallest dose of dexadrine before this, so I basically regulate myself to the smallest amount possible. I break a 250mg pill into thirds and take one in the am about an hour after coffee, and the other at least 4 hours later. Sometimes between 5-6 hours later.
Coffee will keep me from sleeping, not the Nuvigil. It seems to regulate my energy. I promise I'm not a 'plant' from their company. At first provigil caused a HUGE headache, but I reduced the dose and it didn't happen anymore.
Before this I took dexadrine, 5mg every 1.5 hours. Long acting stuff did NOT work for me. I do not want to feel 'speedy.' I stopped dexadrine due to aggression and irritability side effects after many years.
Other than that, you should know that I've been clean and sober for 19 years and I don't eat sugar. And nothing like Doritos or other junk food. I eat a lot of protein and find that is mandatory to keeping the "speedy" reaction away. Especially a little meat just before bed.
My insurance company, Anthem, are a-holes that don't cover Nuvigil for ADD. $12\pill for the 250mg. THAT causes anxiety! But the benefits far outweigh that pain, as far as gain in productivity.
I was reading this to find out about muscle pain side effects but mine are nothing like anything reported here. I think I'm just super active and aging. LOL.
Take care, I wish you all well.

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This is my second comment about Nuvigil my first experience was positive at first then not so great latter on, my doctor put me on adderal, don't take this junk you have to go get a new prescription every month and it is not worth the aggravation, I read about Provigil and found out that Provigil is a preferred drug and Nuvigil is not from my insurance company and Provigil cost have as much, my doctor prescribe me 200mg of provigil only because I asked for it by name, I have to say that I really like this Provigil it is hard to imagine that it is the same as nuvigil but contains a second active ingredent that Nuvigil doesn't, nuvigil supposedly uses only one ingredient instead of two and made it stronger (in Greedy ent) Greedy is the key word here, Nuvigil and other drug companies are playing games with the drugs we use and using Doctors to promote them, so it pays to educate yourself about how drugs get on the preferred or UN preferred list, they use another word than UN preferred so it doesn't sound bad the real term is formulary and non-formulary I asked the pharmacist and it doesn't simply mean generic or non generic. I smell a rat with the drug companies the doctors and the people who push and designate formulary and non-formulary drugs. Also all a drug company has to do is change the ingredients (if possible) to avoid a patent expiration and a generic product war, but anyways I wanted to say take I like Provigil instead, you have to take it two times a day for it to last but for my money it works for me.

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I have been taking Nuvigil for 2 days now. I feel so bad on it I am considering calling the dr. I have horrible headaches, I am so nauseous that my stomach is in knots, I cant concentrate, and I cant seem to focus on stuff. My mind is everywhere and I am taking this for narcolepsy so I dont have anything like ADD. I feel so out of it. I got the tingling of hands the first day but not today but I feel so anxious and I do not have anxiety. I dont know if this is worth it. This drug is just masking my tiredness so I still feel like poop. So all it has done so far is make me feel worse than I have ever felt on any drug before and I am still tired. GGGGRRRR. Was hoping this would work.

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My husband was on Nuvigil for over a year, felt fine, sometimes a tightening of chest and erratic blood pressure after a year. He was stopped cold turkey, became depressed, suicidal,had to seek psychiatric help. 10 months later he has Parkinsons!!! Believe he was on Nuvigil too long, not enough trial studies by mfg, caused depression AND Parkinsons. Was really healthy 11 months ago!!! Dangerous drug! Watch how long you take it! Wean off it, not a rapid stop.

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Just used it today for the first time and I will say I felt great as well I am getting cottonmouth but could be because I had chest pains and coughing 2 days ago b4 i took this.Imma try to sleep now see how that goes I only plan on taking the 30 days and hopefully only couple of weeks b4 I see whats wrong with my thyroid maybe my matabulism will speed up sorry about the spelling LOL

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I've given up on it! I tried for a few months and it just got worse. Jittery, anxious, sleeplessness, palpitations of the heart!

Just not worth it.

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Mary -

I am having the same pains, did they ever go away?

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I have been using nuvigil for about 2 yrs, was on provigil for 7 yrs before , for hypersomnolence following mva . I have noticed stuttering and a weird mouth movement both. I thought it was a late sequelae to my motor vehicle accident . Also developed muscle spasms around eyes, thought mva because lot of injury on face.

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