Our youngest has tried both. Provigil gave her energy. At its lowest dose made her very, very irritible. The longer she was on it the worse it got and then she went to being very paranoid also. She has not been on it for a while. Her doctor now wants her to try half a pill a day. We are hoping she will get the energy without the mental side effects.

Amitryptyline was tried by both our daughters and they had the same reaction. It made them very sleepy and tired all day, and at night they would just lay in bed but did not sleep.