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Modafinil? Ritalin? The latter is great for tedious tasks.

by nine_k 5mo ago

dr_dshiv 5mo ago
“1 hour, full power” is the dream. Something where I could get those last things done in the evening without disrupting my sleep. Chemically possible? Why not?
- DANmode 5mo ago
  Lots of drugs will get you where you’re looking to go. Going to bed and waking up an hour earlier, working immediately upon wakefulness, will keep you there.
  - MajorTakeaway 5mo ago
    "The star that burns twice as bright lasts half as long, Roy."
esperent 5mo ago
It's also great for totally messing up your brain chemistry and your reward wiring. Wouldn't touch it myself. I'm sure if you did it once or twice a year it'd be fine but let's be real, anyone who's willing to take it in the first place (outside of having a genuine medical reason like narcolepsy/ADHD) will want to take it a lot more than that. Besides, in the long run - measured over weeks or months - these absolutely will not give you a productivity boost anyway comparable to sorting out your sleep/exercise/diet/mental health.
- cmrdporcupine 5mo ago
  ADHD stimulants promised a lot in terms of motivation -- but only made me do the thing I already wanted to do instead of work... more. So instead of plugging away on house work or chores or my employer's boring work, I was building compilers and databases from scratch at 3am, unable to sleep. And then I checked my blood pressure. Oops. Also seemed directly implicated in a loved one of mine acquiring an eating disorder. 1/10 would not recommend.
  - nine_k 5mo ago
    Sad! It mush have been something amphetamine-based. Ritalin, from experience, makes me visibly grumpy, because everything is wrong! Everything should be properly fixed! The desk should be cleaned. The code should be reviewed, bugs fixed, tests expanded and enhanced. That ticket is annoyingly obvious, it should be done in 10 minutes, dammit. Well, more like an hour, but now it's fixed for real. The chair squeaks, it's insufferable, where are my hex bits? Etc, etc. It wears out quickly enough though, maybe in 3 hours.
    - cmrdporcupine 5mo ago
      Yeah, no, I trialed both vyvanse (amphetamine) and concerta (ritalin-ish). Both stimulants, and basically the same downsides to both.

Modafinil? Ritalin? The latter is great for tedious tasks.

by nine_k 5mo ago

Modafinil? Ritalin? The latter is great for tedious tasks.

“1 hour, full power” is the dream. Something where I could get those last things done in the evening without disrupting my sleep. Chemically possible? Why not?

DANmode 5mo ago
Lots of drugs will get you where you’re looking to go. Going to bed and waking up an hour earlier, working immediately upon wakefulness, will keep you there.
- MajorTakeaway 5mo ago
  "The star that burns twice as bright lasts half as long, Roy."

esperent 5mo ago

It's also great for totally messing up your brain chemistry and your reward wiring. Wouldn't touch it myself. I'm sure if you did it once or twice a year it'd be fine but let's be real, anyone who's willing to take it in the first place (outside of having a genuine medical reason like narcolepsy/ADHD) will want to take it a lot more than that. Besides, in the long run - measured over weeks or months - these absolutely will not give you a productivity boost anyway comparable to sorting out your sleep/exercise/diet/mental health.

cmrdporcupine 5mo ago
ADHD stimulants promised a lot in terms of motivation -- but only made me do the thing I already wanted to do instead of work... more. So instead of plugging away on house work or chores or my employer's boring work, I was building compilers and databases from scratch at 3am, unable to sleep. And then I checked my blood pressure. Oops. Also seemed directly implicated in a loved one of mine acquiring an eating disorder. 1/10 would not recommend.
- nine_k 5mo ago
  Sad! It mush have been something amphetamine-based. Ritalin, from experience, makes me visibly grumpy, because everything is wrong! Everything should be properly fixed! The desk should be cleaned. The code should be reviewed, bugs fixed, tests expanded and enhanced. That ticket is annoyingly obvious, it should be done in 10 minutes, dammit. Well, more like an hour, but now it's fixed for real. The chair squeaks, it's insufferable, where are my hex bits? Etc, etc. It wears out quickly enough though, maybe in 3 hours.
  - cmrdporcupine 5mo ago
    Yeah, no, I trialed both vyvanse (amphetamine) and concerta (ritalin-ish). Both stimulants, and basically the same downsides to both.