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Misc First day on modafinil was amazing... now I can’t sleep

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SophieJ

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I’m writing this hours after I should be asleep but yet here were are. Ifinally got prescribed modafinil by my specialist after a pretty traumatic round of adderall. Super excited. I took a 200mg this morning around 6am and started feeling it within the hour. One of the best daysI’ve had in a long time. It didn’t seem to change much about me besides I was awake!! Crazy how foreign that feels. I had an extremely busy day and was able to actually keep up with everything. I happy cried after one of my lectures because it was the first time I stayed awake for the two and a half hour class this semester. I started feeling myself mellow out at around 7 and was pretty hopeful that I’d be able to crawl in bed and sleep the night away. I took the modafine from modafinia. It’s been several hours now and while my body feels heavy and tired my mind does not. It’s not an anxious mind racing it’s almost more my mind just searching for something to do. I did all my regular pre bedtime rituals and then laid in bed for a few hours hoping to fall asleep and nothing :/
Has anyone else has this issue with modafinil? Are there any tips ortricks to get the meds to chill out so I can get some sleep? (Neverthought I’d be asking on how to sleep lmao)
 
The R isomer takes hours to hit and lasts forever. If you're being given Armodafinil, that's the R isomer and it will last longer. Get on Modafinil instead. If you're already on Modafinil, that's racemic, both isomers, not much can be done.
 
@SophieJ

Try 100mg next time, right after getting up. See how that works. That's what I did and it's enough to keep me awake and motivated and even entertained through 7 hours of boring computer work. After that I try to do something that requires more physical action (for now it's playing with the dogs or cleaning or I even dance around).

Make sure you don't forget to drink a lot of water so you don't get dehydrated (modafinil headaches are bad) and also help your body flush stuff out.
 
Daily usage of Modafinil destroys sleep architecture. I have it in my car as a safety measure for long trips when caffeine no longer works.
I also sometimes use it when I have to get up at 4am to drive to another state for a full day of skiing. But I gave it up for any other use.
 
Typical stimulant problem. Take it ASAP in the morning and take the lowest effective dose.

EDIT: Also maybe don't mix with caffeine. Not sure if it would cause the wakefulness to last longer, but it seems like it could be possible (even just by the less chemical way of getting your thoughts going so much during the day that your brain has a lot more to come down from).
 
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