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Conversely, modafinil taken as prescribed (as opposed to when-needed) transformed my life from an unproductive self-hating person for 15 plus years to a well-pa

Conversely, modafinil taken as prescribed (as opposed to when-needed) transformed my life from an unproductive self-hating person for 15 plus years to a well-paid SRE within the span of a few short years. I actually needed to take less modafinil (down to 50 mg a day) to be efficaceous at work and emotionally balanced. I have recently discovered grapefruit extract transforms the experience so I am now a productive machine. Sadly, armodafinil is not available in Denmark.

SemanticStrengh 4y ago
Armodafinil ships to denmark https://europechemist.com https://europechemist.com + /product/german-waklert/ I don't know if its legal there nor how much the customs let go. The reason your grapefruit extract potentiate the dose is not different from e.g. piperine. This is a mild CYP P 450 inhibitor and therefore increase the production of a drug for a same initial dose, in the liver. Grappefruit juice can be lethal with some drugs actually. The interesting question is: Is your modafinil 50mg + ??mg of grapefruit extract better than modafinil 100-200-300mg alone? I don't see how or why but please share your precise experience.
- elcritch 4y ago
  I haven’t looked up modafinal on the site, but https://www.stuffthatworks.health/ https://www.stuffthatworks.health/ seems ideal for this sort of crowd sourced tuning! Any experience with it?
  - SemanticStrengh 4y ago
    Looks like a cool website but beware with the info you find, e.g. cannabinoids should not be the 5 most effective treatment duh.. Chronic thc use do induce ADHD like phenotype though.. For community help there is reddit stackadvice
    - elcritch 4y ago
      True, grain of salt with everything. I’d suspect THC usage is more for self-medicating the emotional aspects.
      - SemanticStrengh 4y ago
        Also people mix things up, they think CBD is a cannabinoid except it's actually a cannabinoid antagonist, meaning it does the pharmacological opposite of THC. (although it also do other things)
krono 4y ago
Thanks for posting this, happy to see it has worked out so well for you! The main take-away from these two wildly different experiences being: people suck at fixing their own mental/behavioural problems, go the professional help route for actual results.
- elcritch 4y ago
  Yes, professional help is critical. It was for me, I would’ve never guessed “ADHD” or believed it without clear evidence based on IQ testing. It can take a few different doctors and some work to ensure you find a good fit though. So at the same time take the medical professionals with a grain of salt. I had a psychiatrist berate me for 5 minutes for being late (though within the university health center’s allowable limit) after I had fallen into a hyper focus trance. He was working on prescribing me a medication to help with hyper focus related issues of being late. He did actually help me find one that worked, but he was kinda a dick about it. Ironic that even experts focused on treating ADHD still struggle grasping at an emotional level that “yes it’s a real physical thing”.
- travisjungroth 4y ago
  That is quite a conclusion. Sample size of 2 for the first claim, sample size of 0 for the second!
  - krono 4y ago
    Which I realised shortly after posting, figured I was going to get called out on it sooner rather than later. Thank you for your service :p
- kingcharles 4y ago
  If possible, get a second opinion. I was in jail and a lot of people were there because they had been prescribed a regimen of drugs, by a psychiatrist in the free world, that was subpar and caused them to behave in a way that ended with them being locked up. Psych drug prescriptions are hard to get right due to the varying combinations of mental illnesses and how difficult it is to diagnose some of them, but some psychiatrists seem to be straight quacks prescribing whateverthefuck.

SemanticStrengh 4y ago

Armodafinil ships to denmark https://europechemist.com https://europechemist.com + /product/german-waklert/ I don't know if its legal there nor how much the customs let go. The reason your grapefruit extract potentiate the dose is not different from e.g. piperine. This is a mild CYP P 450 inhibitor and therefore increase the production of a drug for a same initial dose, in the liver. Grappefruit juice can be lethal with some drugs actually. The interesting question is: Is your modafinil 50mg + ??mg of grapefruit extract better than modafinil 100-200-300mg alone? I don't see how or why but please share your precise experience.

elcritch 4y ago
I haven’t looked up modafinal on the site, but https://www.stuffthatworks.health/ https://www.stuffthatworks.health/ seems ideal for this sort of crowd sourced tuning! Any experience with it?
- SemanticStrengh 4y ago
  Looks like a cool website but beware with the info you find, e.g. cannabinoids should not be the 5 most effective treatment duh.. Chronic thc use do induce ADHD like phenotype though.. For community help there is reddit stackadvice
  - elcritch 4y ago
    True, grain of salt with everything. I’d suspect THC usage is more for self-medicating the emotional aspects.
    - SemanticStrengh 4y ago
      Also people mix things up, they think CBD is a cannabinoid except it's actually a cannabinoid antagonist, meaning it does the pharmacological opposite of THC. (although it also do other things)

krono 4y ago

Thanks for posting this, happy to see it has worked out so well for you! The main take-away from these two wildly different experiences being: people suck at fixing their own mental/behavioural problems, go the professional help route for actual results.

elcritch 4y ago
Yes, professional help is critical. It was for me, I would’ve never guessed “ADHD” or believed it without clear evidence based on IQ testing. It can take a few different doctors and some work to ensure you find a good fit though. So at the same time take the medical professionals with a grain of salt. I had a psychiatrist berate me for 5 minutes for being late (though within the university health center’s allowable limit) after I had fallen into a hyper focus trance. He was working on prescribing me a medication to help with hyper focus related issues of being late. He did actually help me find one that worked, but he was kinda a dick about it. Ironic that even experts focused on treating ADHD still struggle grasping at an emotional level that “yes it’s a real physical thing”.
travisjungroth 4y ago
That is quite a conclusion. Sample size of 2 for the first claim, sample size of 0 for the second!
- krono 4y ago
  Which I realised shortly after posting, figured I was going to get called out on it sooner rather than later. Thank you for your service :p
kingcharles 4y ago
If possible, get a second opinion. I was in jail and a lot of people were there because they had been prescribed a regimen of drugs, by a psychiatrist in the free world, that was subpar and caused them to behave in a way that ended with them being locked up. Psych drug prescriptions are hard to get right due to the varying combinations of mental illnesses and how difficult it is to diagnose some of them, but some psychiatrists seem to be straight quacks prescribing whateverthefuck.