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What's your dosing schedule? (self.modafinil)

submitted 1 year ago by foof to c/modafinil

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My strategy with modafinil is to dose on the weekdays - so 5 days in a week.

I start with a half dose (100mg) on Monday and Tuesday, basically to get a better sleep, and with the tolerance going up, I'm also upping the dose to 200mg. But there are weeks when I stay on 100mg the whole week.

On the weekend I go without modafinil. I often sleep a lot, I think the body needs a break.

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[–] foof 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Sorry for sounding harsh, but I will disregard your opinion. It kind of reminds me how, many years ago, a person warned me that I shouldn't go into software development, or I will surely go crazy in a few years (looking back, he probably suffered a burnout). Such things can happen, but they are far from being a rule.

I've been in this pattern for several years, and it works great with very few mild side effects. If I'm using it for too long in a row (week or so), it simply loses the effect and I will fall asleep after lunch (or simply be too low energy / letargic).

[–] ZeroMmX 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Disregard all you want. You don't have to listen to me at all. I'm just an internet stranger. All of us react differently to everything. 🙃

Clearly you must see the absurdity in your comparison of learning a skill that is potentially productive (and lucrative) versus taking a substance that has very real side effects and long term consequences.

You do you honey boo boo.

The lethargy is just the beginning...

[–] foof 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hopefully you also see the similarity of baseless dooming in both instances.

[–] ZeroMmX 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's not dooming if it's objective.

Have a read:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3286657/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4386138/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5353011/

https://www.rxlist.com/provigil-drug.htm

There are more. Just didn't want to shove it all on here.

Just be careful. The only other evidence I have is subjective. So take it with a grain of salt. Just don't want people to get hurt. Have a good one.

[–] foof 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

So, I skimmed it, but I haven't found the part saying that you can't take any breaks, or you'll get crazy. Can you cite those?

[–] ZeroMmX 1 points 1 year ago

I may have been wrong about not taking breaks. However, I did find a study that indicates it may worsen underlying psychosis or schizophrenia over a period of time with supratheraputic dosages. It appears it got worse when the patients stopped using modafinil after they noticed the symptoms first occurring.

https://psychiatry-psychopharmacology.com/en/schizophrenia-and-other-psychotic-disorders-worsening-of-psychotic-symptoms-due-to-abuse-of-modafinil-a-case-report-132346