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Believe me, this is no placebo. You feel it when it kicks in. And also dry mouth.
by dsego 10y ago
Believe me, this is no placebo. You feel it when it kicks in. And also dry mouth.
- Angostura 10y agoI think there are a lot of people here underestimating the awesome power of the placebo effect.
- strken 10y agoI don't think so. It's pretty easy to do an informal single-blind trial on yourself with the help of a friend, or a double-blind with a little more ingenuity. If you're worried about the placebo effect it's a good way to put yourself at ease.
- psyc 10y agoWhy even invoke the placebo effect (an extremely popular thing to do here)? What's unusual about a chemical actually affecting the brain?
- colordrops 10y agoI agree with you. I'm guessing that people are instinctively incredulous because drugs with such strong psychoactive effects are typically scheduled or hard to come by.
- Angostura 10y agoWhy invoke the placebo effect? Because it will be having an effect. The question is, once you remove that, whether there is any remaining effect that is due to the drug.
- nommm-nommm 10y agoMeh. I took modafinil for about 3 months (I had a legit prescription for it) and it didn't seem to do jack shit. I stayed on it for a while just because I was waiting for it to work, plus we tried a higher dose. Also, placebos have side effects. Not saying it doesn't have effects for some people but it's probably mainly placebo.
- ChristianBundy 10y agoI appreciate your data point, but going from "it didn't work for me" to "it's probably mainly placebo" is incredibly silly. Modafinil has been studied, and it's pretty obvious that it's doing something. Here's a quick primer (with 73 citations): https://examine.com/supplements/modafinil/ https://examine.com/supplements/modafinil/
- valuearb 10y agoI can say the same thing for Dextroamphetamine. And I swear by it.