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Same story here, just with modafinil. All the signs were there since as far back as I was 7 years old.

I've been able to control my focus so much better which seems to make me less tired. When I sit to get work done and inevitably get distracted, I can recover instead of go down a spiral of unproductiveness. I'm also better at prioritizing my focus on the things that are important, such as a must-have feature for launch, rather than a nice-to-have that I just enjoy working on more.

And surprisingly, I've been getting some of the best sleep of my life so far on a pill designed to keep you awake. Who knew?




> And surprisingly, I've been getting some of the best sleep of my life so far on a pill designed to keep you awake. Who knew

It's my experience as well. I used to wake up really tired. I still get the same hours of sleep but I wake up feeling... normal? which is an improvement. Very unintuitive.


It might be because the come down effect on the medication can make you 'extra' tired and help you fall asleep.


Yeah I feel like I sleep great at night w/ modafinil.

To be clear: I can't sleep well at all for about 8-12 hours following a dose. It has killed my ability to take a lunchtime nap.

But as long as I don't take it after noon, I get great sleep at night. I fall right to sleep in minutes. Plenty of dreams as well, which suggests to me I'm getting in some good REM sleep.




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