About 20% of people wake up in the middle of the night, then struggle to get back to sleep. This type of insomnia can be stressful, not to mention exhausting. Keep reading for tips to help you quickly doze off -- and steps you can take to keep these mid-sleep awakenings from happeni...
Adderall is a controlled substance because it has a risk of misuse, addiction, and dependence. Only take the amount prescribed to you by your healthcare provider, and check in with them regularly to see if you still need to take the medication. ...
2009. Precipitating pharmakologies and capital entrapments: Narcolepsy and the strange cases of Provigil and Xyrem. Medical Anthropology, 28: 11–30. ); they are also increasingly being used to enhance the mental capacities of "normal" individuals, that is, those who are not ill (Barondes ...
You can get some sleeping pills over-the-counter, but you might need a prescription for other medications for managing jet lag symptoms. Talk to your doctor before taking any medications. They can advise you on which is best for you, any side effects you might have, and how to take them...
She now takes a prescriptionmedicationcalledProvigil(modafinil), which promotes wakefulness in people with debilitating excessive sleepiness associated with SWSD. "I can breeze through my 12-hour shifts these days," Carol tells WebMD. "I only take the medication on the nights I work, and now I...
Modafinil (Provigil) Treating Physical MS Symptoms (Continued) Continued from the last slide, here are some common multiple sclerosis symptoms, followed by the medical treatments often used to treat them. Pain NSAIDs: (Aspirin, Ibuprofen, Acetaminophen) ...
In any case, if you're struggling to get enough restful sleep, caffeine is often at least partly to blame. No one is suggesting that you completely cut out your morning cup of coffee, but it's probably a good idea to save caffeine consumption only for the morning and only take in limi...
A vigil is defined as "a period of keeping awake during the time usually spent asleep," so is it any wonder that modafinil, the drug used to treat excessive sleepiness, is calledProvigil? The word 'neuron' inNeurontin(gabapentin) makes us think of the drug's aim, which is to treat ner...
IQ augmentation is a cultural enterprise that is gaining momentum, but the technologies reviewed above take us into largely unexplored territory. It is our privilege to be in an era of both imaginative brain science and responsible self-experimentation to spearhead mapping out this territory....
I stopped to take it all in, and I realized I was having the time of my life! It wasn't a special holiday. Everything that was going on was very ordinary, but I was enjoying myself immensely! I could have this much joy every day if I would only choose to....