Tiades,

I told my doctor just that "I'm sick & tired of being sick & tired"! LOL!!! Irish

Right now I take Norco, Soma/carisoprodol, AmbienCR, amitryptiline (low 25mg to sleep), xanax when I need it and Valium

Yes I think you need to put that another way. Unfortunitaly
the saying "I'm sick & tired of being sick & tired"
Is also a motto of some AA groups, and NA groups. So if your doctor has been around a while she's probably heard it used that way. Thats not to say in any means, that the saying reflects on to you in that manor, but it has been said to many doctors before in an unfavorable light.
Maybe if you could word that differently, the doctor's mind wouldn't wonder in the wrong direction. ( of course thats just a guess, but might be worth a try IMO.) good luck on finding the right solution.

Tiades,
I went to the Provigil.com website & I want to try that med! I doubt any doctor would script it though & a few posters have said it's super expensive. I sounds great though.

I told my doctor just that "I'm sick & tired of being sick & tired"! LOL!!! He told me I was depressed & tried to scrpt me an anti-depressant. I need a "new" approach!

Irish

for some reason doctors feel that anti-depressants aren't addictive which means that they are "good" drugs even if they are ineffectual. I have a friend who had to shop around to get klonopin prescribed because he knew what worked for his issue; he is far from a "druggie," jeesh this whole anti-drug feeling among the medical professionals as well as LE is freakin crazy; why even bother developing drugs to combat pain and anxiety? why not suggest the legal drug that people have used for millenia to dull pain and comfort them; I mean booze of course. No prescription needed! Unfortunately, Booze will rot your organs, and if you drive on it you are likely to kill yourself or someone else; then there is that pesky problem of alcohol induced domestic violence, but hey, you can walk in to any corner store and buy as much of it as you like no questions asked (even the, god forbid, children can get it easily since it is so available.)

Provigal is NOT an Amphetamine. It's great for help staying awake. I use it for Fibromyalgia.

and you 'think' that's all? GULP! while I am not questioning your need for all these meds, I can certainly see why you feel sick and tired! are you able to cross any of these meds off your list? they are all downers. are you really wanting to add yet another med to this list, albeit of the 'energizing' type?

coffee and protein for breakfast, lots of water and B-complex or even B-12 shots really help, but require enough self-discipline that I don't follow my own advice. (only the coffee, of course)

I would sure be leery of adding provigil in there. I am sure that if there were any way you could streamline your needs to simply norco and valium, you would have done that by now.

you know the more I read your post, the more I think you are just putting us on...

Tigersmom,

I've had my thyroid checked more times than I can count!! Mine is fine too. It's time for my gynie check-up (YEAH) & I'm going to ask about having my hormone levels checked. It couldn't hurt!