When did it start working for you? I took my first dose but have not experienced anything. I’m still tired and can’t focus. It’s been over an hour. I’m at 200 mg. Maybe I am just not very sensitive to this med? That would be a first.
Hello,
Back when I was taking 20mg of haldol a day my doctor also prescribed Nuvigil (Armodafinil) because I would sleep 16 hours a day from what I understand it is a metabolite of Modafinil and works much the same. I took 250mg of nuvigil every morning for about 2 years. I found that it started working well after about 2 weeks but that is because I learned how to take it. What i would do is keep the pills and a glass of water by my nightstand and set an alarm for about 2 hours before I wanted to wake up. Then when the alarm went off I would take the pill with some water and go back to bed and then I would usually wake up naturally and have energy about 2 hours later. Not an ideal solution, but it worked for me. Nuvigil was a very different wakefullness then caffeine for me, nuvigil always made me feel like i could sleep if I wanted to but I didn’t need to. Caffeine just makes it harder to sleep. Nuvigil always felt like a gentle, not forced, wakefullness. Anyway thats just my experience. Best of luck!
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Hey! Yeah I ended up finding out it takes about 2 hours to kick in for me too. It works well!
Just wondering - does Modafinal cause weight gain? Does anyone know if it’s available in Canada?
My doc said it could actually help me lose weight because it may make me less hungry
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