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>Modafinil isn't an amphetamine. The last time I went on a modafinil bender I didn't sleep for a week and ended that with a 12 hour masturbation session involv

by kongin 5y ago

>Modafinil isn't an amphetamine. The last time I went on a modafinil bender I didn't sleep for a week and ended that with a 12 hour masturbation session involving a lot of blood. That's not really that much different to what happened the one time I did meth, apart from there being a lot less violence. Modafinil should be way more regulated than it is.

mistrial9 5y ago
> I didn't sleep for a week lies
- mlboss 5y ago
  I was also not able to sleep properly after taking modafinil. Which in turns affected my concentration. In my opinion, the best drug is good sleep and less stress.
  - jvanderbot 5y ago
    Your story is hard to believe, but your conclusion is correct. Sleep, exercise, caffeine and theanine (mild nootropics) are the best supported performance enhancing drugs for intellectual work. Modafonil is good for alertness when you cannot sleep, but doesn't really help with the 'good mania' unless your main blocker is mental exhaustion.
    - joveian 5y ago
      It should be very easy to believe considering the half life of R-modafinil is 15 hours (armodafinil and half of regular modafinil). Even a single dose could cause sleep disruption for multiple days and longer if the initial disruption leads to circadian disruption. But it is interesting that both somnolence and insomnia seem to be in the "very common" category (1-10%) of side effects. Sleep disorder is in the "uncommon" (.1-1%) category, which is quite a few people developing sleep disorders taking modafinil. https://www.drugs.com/sfx/modafinil-side-effects.html https://www.drugs.com/sfx/modafinil-side-effects.html
  - Zababa 5y ago
    That's assuming good sleep and less stress is enought. When it's not, that's when people may turn to stimulants.
luckylion 5y ago
That sounds like an extreme outlier. I've never heard of anyone taking modafinil who "goes on a bender", or is particularly drawn to masturbation while using it. There's no "high". If you didn't sleep for a week and masturbated for 12 hours, you might have gotten something else and were told that it's modafinil.
Zababa 5y ago
I'm sorry but that might be you rather than the chemical.
- kongin 5y ago
  Given that I don't do that when not on uppers, no it is the drug.
  - Zababa 5y ago
    On the other hand most people that take modafinil don't do 12 hours masturbation session that involve a lot of blood and sleep regularly. Your experience of modafinil being close to your experience of meth is something specific to you, not to the chemical.
    - BrianOnHN 5y ago
      The FUD around modafinil in this thread is interesting, given that amphetamines are both used more frequently per capita and have worse side effects.

by kongin 5y ago

mistrial9 5y ago

> I didn't sleep for a week lies

mlboss 5y ago
I was also not able to sleep properly after taking modafinil. Which in turns affected my concentration. In my opinion, the best drug is good sleep and less stress.
- jvanderbot 5y ago
  Your story is hard to believe, but your conclusion is correct. Sleep, exercise, caffeine and theanine (mild nootropics) are the best supported performance enhancing drugs for intellectual work. Modafonil is good for alertness when you cannot sleep, but doesn't really help with the 'good mania' unless your main blocker is mental exhaustion.
  - joveian 5y ago
    It should be very easy to believe considering the half life of R-modafinil is 15 hours (armodafinil and half of regular modafinil). Even a single dose could cause sleep disruption for multiple days and longer if the initial disruption leads to circadian disruption. But it is interesting that both somnolence and insomnia seem to be in the "very common" category (1-10%) of side effects. Sleep disorder is in the "uncommon" (.1-1%) category, which is quite a few people developing sleep disorders taking modafinil. https://www.drugs.com/sfx/modafinil-side-effects.html https://www.drugs.com/sfx/modafinil-side-effects.html
- Zababa 5y ago
  That's assuming good sleep and less stress is enought. When it's not, that's when people may turn to stimulants.

luckylion 5y ago

That sounds like an extreme outlier. I've never heard of anyone taking modafinil who "goes on a bender", or is particularly drawn to masturbation while using it. There's no "high". If you didn't sleep for a week and masturbated for 12 hours, you might have gotten something else and were told that it's modafinil.

Zababa 5y ago

I'm sorry but that might be you rather than the chemical.

kongin 5y ago
Given that I don't do that when not on uppers, no it is the drug.
- Zababa 5y ago
  On the other hand most people that take modafinil don't do 12 hours masturbation session that involve a lot of blood and sleep regularly. Your experience of modafinil being close to your experience of meth is something specific to you, not to the chemical.
  - BrianOnHN 5y ago
    The FUD around modafinil in this thread is interesting, given that amphetamines are both used more frequently per capita and have worse side effects.