An Experience with Modafinil

Post by chefkoch » Thu, Jan 27, 2022, 12:23 PM UTC

0des wrote: post #313

capableweb wrote: post #241

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Never done anything IV, but I do plenty of drugs (cocaine included) during basically every weekend, and have been doing so for the last ~30 years more or less. Sure, some people do fall down into the trap of doing something too much, this is true for lots of things, including video games (which I've been more addicted to than drugs at some points in my life). But if you have a kind of normal life during the week that…

Its like eating. Most of us do it every day with no issue, and some of us are mindlessly munching and experiencing negative effects of obesity.

Post by thesaintlives » Thu, Jan 27, 2022, 5:38 PM UTC

tbdenney wrote: post #186

thesaintlives wrote: post #179

Mostly all true. I have taken modafinil quite a bit. You can buy it in India from a chemist for next to nothing. If you take it every day for a couple of weeks in small amounts the efficacy does get less. If you increase the dose you don't get more returns. Used sparingly for study or concentrating it is nice. It is also good if you are tired and have to do some long task that requires little but constant attention -…

This echoes my experience as well. I take 100mg modafinil on an empty stomach around 10am 2-3 times / week and I feel alert and focused most of the day with no problem falling asleep at night around 10pm. I often "stack" it with 200mg L-theanine and normal amounts of caffeine in the form of tea or coffee. The key for me is taking 7-14 days off completely every few weeks. I don't feel the tired / hangover feeling othe…