taking Nuvigil with klonopin

[Moody]

I am currently taking remeron, risperdal and klonopin every day. Lately I can not take most antidepressants or even raise my remeron dose without getting agitated or thrown into a mixed state. I lowered my remeron dose a few weeks ago, and it has helped my anxiety/agitation, but now I am feeling depressed.

So my pdoc (who loves to try all the new meds) gave me samples of Nuvigil. She said it might help with the depression. She wants me to take it every morning. However, I also take klonopin every morning because I wake up feeling anxious. This seems very counter intuitive to me; take a tranquilizer with a stimulant??? At the same time??

Has anyone else been prescribed this sort of combo? It seems very odd to me. I am also skeptical about the idea of taking a stimulant for depression, I would rather take something that actually fixes the depression, not just masks it.

[notfred]

They treat different things, that will not change if you take them together. Often the question is "will not they cancel each other out" and it simply does not work that way. Each effects different systems. I take Ativan and Provigil together. Provigil is Nuvigils brother. It does help with my mood. I used to take dexadrine and Ativan together.

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[Moody]

Thanks for replying, the Nuvigil gave me headaches so now my pdoc has me trying Provigil. Interesting that the benzos dont cancel out the effects of the stimulant and vs versa. I still think it is kind of weird for me to be taking a stimulant since I do not have ADD, but whatever, I will give it a try. Good to know that you have done well on a similar combo.

[Moody]

right now I am using free samples of Provigil. If it works, I will have to get my pdoc to try to convince my insurance company that I need to take it. It requires prior authorization or my insurance wont cover it. And as you say, it costs a fortune.

It seems to be giving me insomnia though, even though I take risperdal, klonopin, melatonin AND remeron at night, so it might not be the med for me.

[crazycatnapper]

Doesn't sound like a weird combo to me at all. I take Concerta for my Narcolepsy and xanax for anxiety. For me it's a great combination and I finally feel much better.