Comments on: Sleep RX

Question: Sleep RX

daksya — Fri, 21 Jan 2005 12:01:07 -0800

How have Mefites' experiences of modafinil been? I don't suffer from narcolepsy, although I do tend to get my circadian clock askew. Mostly, I'm interested in the nootropic aspects. Can I get a prescription? Or without one? I'm in the US, and without insurance. If not, how does adrafinil compare?

By: icey

icey — Fri, 21 Jan 2005 12:56:56 -0800

For the info on adrifinil, check out erowid's vault on the subject. It seems pretty detailed.

Actually, they've got great information on modafinil as well, including a ton of usage reports.

Good luck on your hunt for getting modafinil - I've looked into it (I'm an insomniac, so my interest is more along the lines of "Hey, it's 4am and I'm not asleep yet. I might as well go to work"), and it appears that it's only approved for clinical narcolepsy at the moment.

Evidently it used to be available via Canadian pharmacies, but they've re-scheduled it into a drug requiring prescription, so that makes it harder.

By: mr_roboto

mr_roboto — Fri, 21 Jan 2005 13:27:27 -0800

Here's a long, detailed report of an experience with provigil that appeared in Salon a little while ago.

By: five fresh fish

five fresh fish — Fri, 21 Jan 2005 14:26:45 -0800

Erowid seconded. Premiere place for all your brain-chemistry experimentation questions.

By: daksya

daksya — Fri, 21 Jan 2005 14:42:44 -0800

Thanks for the Erowid links; I was aware of that place.

It turns out there's some British pharmacies who will ship you modafinil. I've ordered from them before, so they're legit. But since modafinil is Schedule 4, what's the worst that could happen with the shipment?

Adrafinil is not scheduled, so ordering that is not a problem, right?

By: Laen

Laen — Fri, 21 Jan 2005 17:41:30 -0800

My experiences have been positive. The only negative effect I feel from it is muscle tightness, particularly in my jaw (since I tend to clench my teeth when thinking). As for the positive effects.. 100mg is enough to completely un-tired me for around 10 hours. 200mg will un-tired me for 12 hours. With 200mg, I start to pick up on the "focus" effect, though task switching is still easy. You have to be careful with that focus, however, or else you'll get distracted and spend four hours intently organizing your mp3s.

Grapefruit juice interferes with your body's ability to metabolize modafinil. I can't stand grapefruit juice, but I can stretch the effects to about double the normal length of time by sipping a pretty continuous stream of grapefruit juice the whole time.

I understand prescriptions for it aren't hard to get in the US, especially if you're prone to and have a history of daytime sleepiness. Like with many medicines, you just need a doctor that doesn't mind unlocking the medicine cabinet.

As noted, you can get it from some British pharmacies, and I've had experience with a couple, both legit. The downside is that with the falling price of the dollar, they're $4.75/100mg dose now (up from $2.25/100mg dose last time I purchased from them).

By: painquale

painquale — Fri, 21 Jan 2005 19:18:13 -0800

I posted this blog on the blue the other day. It might have some info that will interest you.