Hey so I'd just like to say while there being safety in numbers that being on and off Concerta all my life and recently prescribed Modafinil instead has been detrimentally helpful to my life and productivity. I really love this medication, and I take it almost every day. For me, it works just as good as the Concerta but without the wirey methed-out effects that come with it. I've always stayed away from synth stims not coke but I just hate feeling too stimulated I can't enjoy %40 of the day cause I'm either tripping in my own head about something or falling into micronaps or just plain not feeling normal. Though I needed to put up feeling that way cause I realize my ADHD is pretty bad and Concerta does help, although it has bad side effects. I suggested to my Psych that I try Modafinil for these reasons instead of Concerta and that I feel Modafinil would be easier on the Neuro-chemical makeup of my brain since I pretty much am going to have to be treating the symptoms of ADHD my whole life. So she agreed, and I love it. Yeah sometimes I take it and forget to get something done or gap this or that, but I also just started smoking again after two years of not so that has to be taken into consideration.
Also there's no nasty effects with weed + Modafinil like there is with weed + Concerta. It's for Narcolepsy, and the only mention of ADHD is on the medication information pamphlet that came with the meds that says "This medication is not recommended for any children under the age of 18 even for the treatment of ADHD". So why would it mention ADHD in one place but not anywhere else? I think it's cause this medication can regularly be prescribed off label to treat ADHD & if you're not too much into getting gacked out but just genuinely need to focus and get crap done Modafinil works for me and I encourage anyone taking anything else for ADHD to just give it a try. I feel alot of mental clarity on it. I been taking 100mg for about the past 3 months. I was prescribed it by a general practice not even a private practice psychiatrist in the US.