How is it that you have NOT been referred to a sleep specialist and completed the sleep testing? I see you started a similar thread around the same time last year.
It's not uncommon to prescribe a controlled substance like Provigil on a short-term basis until you get into a sleep specialist, but I'm shocked that your doctor keeps dolling it out with no diagnosis or, apparently, an attempt to pursue a diagnosis.
You could just as well have sleep apnea. In fact, its far more likely since sleep apnea is vastly more common than narcolepsy, and rising with our obesity rates (though sleep apnea is not always caused by excess weight).
As far as coping, generally one starts-out coping fairly well, even without treatment, then becomes increasingly impaired or dysfunctional as the symptoms progress to maximum severity at the same time you surpass your physiological 'prime'.
IOW, a 15 year-old would experience less impairment than a 30 year-old, all other things being equal. I coped very well until around the age of 23-ish, then it was all downhill from there. Slowly, but surely.
It's not uncommon to prescribe a controlled substance like Provigil on a short-term basis until you get into a sleep specialist, but I'm shocked that your doctor keeps dolling it out with no diagnosis or, apparently, an attempt to pursue a diagnosis.
You could just as well have sleep apnea. In fact, its far more likely since sleep apnea is vastly more common than narcolepsy, and rising with our obesity rates (though sleep apnea is not always caused by excess weight).
As far as coping, generally one starts-out coping fairly well, even without treatment, then becomes increasingly impaired or dysfunctional as the symptoms progress to maximum severity at the same time you surpass your physiological 'prime'.
IOW, a 15 year-old would experience less impairment than a 30 year-old, all other things being equal. I coped very well until around the age of 23-ish, then it was all downhill from there. Slowly, but surely.
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