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Modafinil had only major flaw in my experience, but it was significant enough for me to stop taking it; it made it very difficult to stick to a 24-hour circadia
by nfw2 5y ago
Modafinil had only major flaw in my experience, but it was significant enough for me to stop taking it; it made it very difficult to stick to a 24-hour circadian rhythm.
To illustrate, if I got a full night sleep, then took modafinil, I would be up for easily 18 hours without feeling any urge to sleep...which seems great until it's 5am, and you need to be at work again in 4 hours.
The apparent solution to the problem is just take modafinil again in the morning. This worked for a while, but there's a limit to how much modafinil can cover a sleep debt. While modafinil had a strong effect preventing the symptoms of sleep deprivation, it had an even stronger effect blocking the capacity to sleep. Modafinil can lead to a very strange and unpleasant feeling of desperately needing to sleep and not being able to.
- ghufran_syed 5y agoSome people try taking a smaller dose to shorten the duration of action
- nfw2 5y agoLike most drugs, finding and sticking to the right dose is made more difficult by ever-increasing tolerance. I'm not saying there's no way around the insomnia problem with proper planning and self-control, but for me the easiest solution was just stop taking it.
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- mdellavo 5y agoI was taking Armodafinil for a bit and this was my experience - it was too strong and would lead to insomnia for me.
- anonymousDan 5y agoHa, I had a friend who had the exact same problem when writing up his PhD thesis. His solution? Take modafinil just before going to bed - he would then sleep through the first 8 hours or so and wake up fully charged. By the time he got to the end of the day it would be wearing off and he would repeat the whole process. He did that for about a month straight I think. Having said that he was a bit nuts in general!