tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79861699919631405.post4943660898864299929..comments2023-04-27T07:10:29.869-04:00Comments on Bipolar and the City: TGIF!Jean Greyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13826037279061710386noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79861699919631405.post-71390048125292082322014-01-25T00:26:26.475-05:002014-01-25T00:26:26.475-05:00How about excessive daytime sleepiness? All it to...How about excessive daytime sleepiness? All it took to be diagnosed with that by a sleep lab was a paper diagnostic quiz. And Nuvigil was approved through patient assistance on that basis. They didn't even need to see my sleep study; my psychiatrist just wrote those magic words and they approved it. I have not used it like we thought I would but I have enough to try it if we reach a point I'm stable enough. I also don't know how willing your psychiatrist is to fight for you but some companies (don't know about cephalon) can be convinced to make exceptions to patient assistance.<br /><br />Also, Nuvigil at least used to and I am 99% sure still does gives you one free bottle per year. That would give you another month, let you try it out, and you could go to your conference and consider it a "gift" from Cephalon. (How bizarre to make pots and pans and medications). That is a coupon on the website I believe. Or my pharmacist used to just give it to me but that was when I was going to a little family owned pharmacy where I actually got to know my pharmacist and he knew who he was handing those odd assortments of meds to.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com