Posted by Molybdenum on July 2, 2008, at 3:17:48
In reply to Re: Modafinil morning SE's, posted by elanor roosevelt on July 1, 2008, at 21:41:55
> no, it's a morning-after effect
> the next day it is difficult for me to get up
>Hmmm.... please don't think I'm trivialising your problem, and please take this the right way, but I think you're "normal"...! There - I said it, and in these hallowed halls of nuttiness...
A single dose of modafinil is supposed to only work for one day. In fact, I find I need to take 200mg when I wake up *and* another 200mg at midday to get me through.
I take it for 12 days straight & then have a "weekend off". I find those weekends without pretty unpleasant, ie very tired, lethargic and unfortunately lately "depressing" too. In a way I suppose that's good, as I take it to mean that I really needed to have a break.
When I resume the following Monday, I'm OK again. I think the 2 days off is necessary to reset your sensitivity.
So what I'm getting at is that I think that "having difficulty getting up" the morning after you've been using stimulants, would be a pretty normal response - not a side effect as such.
What do you think?
poster:Molybdenum
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