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I did a similar experiment about 5 years ago and didn't experience any of the same effects. In my experience provigil was only good for what it was designed for

I did a similar experiment about 5 years ago and didn't experience any of the same effects. In my experience provigil was only good for what it was designed for - staying up for long stretches of time.

breck 18y ago
I took it for about 15 days last year when I was having trouble staying awake and was definitely more relaxed and productive. I think that was a result of just having a lot more time in the day. The first few days I only slept about 1-3 hours per night. I would lie in bed for 30 minutes then get really bored and so I'd read, work, or clean our apartment. Since I had 20 hours a day, I never felt pressed for time and was pretty relaxed. It's pretty cool to have time to do laundry, clean, run errands, spend hours hanging out, read a book or two, exercise, and work all in one day. I remember being scared the first night when for over 40 hours not only had I not slept, i wasn't even tired. However, over time the effects wore off and I returned to sleeping 6 hours or so a night. Still less than normal, but at that point the (risk of) side effects outweighed the extra two hours of time per day.
- alaskamiller 18y ago
  Try humping multiple kilometers through mountain ranges on provigil on a 3-day training mission. It was one of the worst things I've had to do. Being tired and being in a state of living death because of drugs are bad. Drugs are bad, kids, mmmmkay?
  - ivankirigin 18y ago
    Was this when you were in the military? How common are such stimulants if you're not a pilot?
  - breck 18y ago
    Not sure what your point is. But that training mission sounds many times harder than anything physical I've accomplished, so I'm impressed by that.
  - tdavis 18y ago
    I've done this not on drugs and the state of living death still comes on eventually during the long (20+ K) marches. Man was not meant to march dozens of miles with 80+ lbs on his back. Lean forward... that always helps me ;)
mechanical_fish 18y ago
Brains. They're just not that well standardized. Sometimes it's really hard to get parts.

breck 18y ago

I took it for about 15 days last year when I was having trouble staying awake and was definitely more relaxed and productive. I think that was a result of just having a lot more time in the day. The first few days I only slept about 1-3 hours per night. I would lie in bed for 30 minutes then get really bored and so I'd read, work, or clean our apartment. Since I had 20 hours a day, I never felt pressed for time and was pretty relaxed. It's pretty cool to have time to do laundry, clean, run errands, spend hours hanging out, read a book or two, exercise, and work all in one day. I remember being scared the first night when for over 40 hours not only had I not slept, i wasn't even tired. However, over time the effects wore off and I returned to sleeping 6 hours or so a night. Still less than normal, but at that point the (risk of) side effects outweighed the extra two hours of time per day.

alaskamiller 18y ago
Try humping multiple kilometers through mountain ranges on provigil on a 3-day training mission. It was one of the worst things I've had to do. Being tired and being in a state of living death because of drugs are bad. Drugs are bad, kids, mmmmkay?
- ivankirigin 18y ago
  Was this when you were in the military? How common are such stimulants if you're not a pilot?
- breck 18y ago
  Not sure what your point is. But that training mission sounds many times harder than anything physical I've accomplished, so I'm impressed by that.
- tdavis 18y ago
  I've done this not on drugs and the state of living death still comes on eventually during the long (20+ K) marches. Man was not meant to march dozens of miles with 80+ lbs on his back. Lean forward... that always helps me ;)

mechanical_fish 18y ago

Brains. They're just not that well standardized. Sometimes it's really hard to get parts.