Posted by zeugma on March 6, 2006, at 16:12:26
In reply to Long-term experiences with provigil?, posted by leary on March 6, 2006, at 9:00:35
Coverage of provigil in mainstream magazines suggests that this drug can make it possible to significantly decrease the amount of sleep we need. >>
I believe this is the surest way you will make the drug stop working.
No one really knows why we sleep, let alone that a drug can reduce the need for it. Provigil is given to those with sleep disorders because these individuals sleep for pathological amounts of time. Even so, narcoleptics suffer unknown consequences for reducing their sleep time with drugs. It is worth it in these cases because one trades unknown long-term consequences for the semblance of a normal life.
-z
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