Below is the successful case of the apathy treatment with Provigil.
The elderly man with dementia, has also suffered depression and apathy, and there was no response to the antidepressants treatment. Therefore he was prescribed Provigil, which action is different from antidepressants
The initial dose given was 50 mg, then it got increased to 200 mg a day during the 4 weeks period.
Apathy is a very common problem in people, and very often confused with depression. Therefore it is very important to differ these two, as the treatment which is usully prescribed for depression, if prescribed wrongly, can even increase apathy.
In this patient apathy has improved, which is proven that Provigil can be very useful in treatment of apathy.
