Modafinil, Adderall, and Birth Control (IUD)
Kind of annoyed at my PCP. He knows nothing about sleep disorders but I have to give him some credit because he’s the one who has made my sleep study possible. Even if it did take over a year. He’s really only good for his doctor signature lol but I’ll take it. After my sleep study in February, he prescribed me Modafinil. I took that for a month and was doing okay on it. Felt like it helped sometimes but other times I was still fighting sleep at work or on the road. I had read online that I could affect hormonal birth control particularly the pill/any of them that function through your blood stream. I went back for my follow up earlier this week, and I asked him if Modafinil could affect my birth control (Kyleena IUD - hormonal). He looked it up in his little doctor system after saying he doesn’t think so, but wanted to double check(bc of course he didn’t know). Then informed me that it could, and that he was so sorry. His excuse what that he has only prescribed Modafinil to older people, and said “that question has never crossed my mind.” So whatever. He ended up putting in an order for me for Adderall, which isn’t supposed to affect birth control, thank god. Anyone else have experience with or knowledge on Modafinil and the IUD? I’ve read conflicting info. Since technically the IUD hormones are supposed to be localized, rather than in the blood stream, but that I guess there’s a small amount that could still get released in the blood stream, thus being affected by meds like Modafinil?? Idk!! But felt like this was important information my doc should’ve told me but what the hell do I know!?