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I take armodafinil for a chronic fatigue condition that has been ruled out as any of the diagnosable sleep disorders. It absolutely causes me to sleep less, but
by steve-howard 11y ago
I take armodafinil for a chronic fatigue condition that has been ruled out as any of the diagnosable sleep disorders. It absolutely causes me to sleep less, but that probably has to do with it making me want to go to sleep just a little bit later and not having room to add more sleep in the morning.
It also builds tolerance in a kind of annoying way; it prevents me from napping or sleeping even when it no longer makes me not tired.
- vidarh 11y agoYou might very well be in a different situation to me if your fatigue previously made you sleep more than you necessarily need. For my part I sleep less than average already without taking anything at all, so I might very well be pushing the lower end of the viable long term sleep amounts.
- kmicklas 11y ago> It also builds tolerance in a kind of annoying way; it prevents me from napping or sleeping even when it no longer makes me not tired. Interesting. I can sleep just fine on modafinil, but I still have greatly increased focus if I just choose to stay awake. Also, I've never noticed any increase in tolerance (which I get very quickly with caffeine and alcohol), even taking it every day for two weeks, although maybe that's not very long.
- steve-howard 11y agoI've been taking it for about two years, often skipping it on days I don't have to work, and it's definitely not as effective. Once, though, I did lose about three weeks' worth when it got accidentally tossed during a move. Insurance doesn't tend to cover that sort of thing, and the stuff is $500+/month, so I just struggled without. When I refilled it and started taking it again, I was bouncing off the walls a little bit.
- kirsebaer 11y agoHave you tried generic modafinil from India?
- brazzledazzle 11y agoHow do you safely source something like that?
- steve-howard 11y agoAside from the above hiccup, I come out ahead on cost if I go through my insurance rather than try to buy from India. There would also likely be some lag time involved that wouldn't have helped in that instance.