i have been prescibed nuvigil/provigil for possible narcolepsy or sleep apnea...and also adderall for add/adhd i seem to be sensitive to the add/adhd drugs and dont like/want/need the bad side effects.(nervousness/jitters)!!! but i need to function...i have had trouble with daytime drowsiness when i must remain alert( visiting family/friends; studying/reading for at least 5 mins.; paperwork that takes more than 5-10 mins...goes from legible to chicken scratch with an upward shrinking motion !!!!!; when i was a self-employed taxi-cab driver!!!SCARY!!!!; driving at night with tunnel vision...like with 1-way highways!!! never fails...being a passenger....for even 1-mile....;having a conversation...even an interesting one...i'll open my eyes...having caught myself having a totally unrelated conversation with another person that isn't even in the same building...i think i need help...and this is with several hours of in-interrupted sleep...a few hours of sleep...6,7,8 hours of uninterrupted sleep...and sleep-deprived...going to bed by 10pm and having a night cap on friday night that goes into sat 3am...it's happened whe i've been unemployed...self-employed...had part time work...full time work .... 2 jobs...living without any medication...after being prescibed several medication...being single...living single...co-habitating...its like natural...medication-free child birth...thers just no way around the pain...aka my daytime drowsiness...the thing is...that i wake up to my alarm when i need to...but after a couple of hours...the war to stay awake and alert...not just the waking/walking dead is a burden i am soooo tired of fighting