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I've noticed a kind of "hangover" effect from taking modafinil, where if I take a dose one day, I'll wake up unusually early the next day, feeling alert. But m
by idlewords 11y ago
I've noticed a kind of "hangover" effect from taking modafinil, where if I take a dose one day, I'll wake up unusually early the next day, feeling alert. But my concentration will be shot.
What happens is that I don't get enough sleep, and feel the secondary effects of that even though the fatigue is still masked by the drug. The fix is easy enough - just reminding myself to sleep more. I've found it's not difficult to get to sleep on the drug despite not feeling sleepy at all.
That said, the stuff is not a superpower pill. It affects different people differently, it affects you differently on different days, it can make you fixate on random tasks (like the author mentions) and if you're anxious about something, modafinil will make you spin and spin about it.
Works great for housecleaning, though.
- barrkel 11y agoI've found it only useful for things like jet lag, when I have to stay awake the next day. I subjectively notice almost no effect on concentration if I've had enough rest. It also gives me bowel problems. Overall, not much for habitual use.
- peteretep 11y agoIt's interesting to see how everyone's mileage varies. I don't get the hangover - in fact, if I take it on a Monday, I find the solid work I put in tends to keep motivating me throughout the week. I do forget to eat with it, and that can cause its own problems. I've had run-ins with serious anxiety, but not found modafinil to contribute to that.