Hello all, noob here, this forum kept coming up in my google searches so I thought this was the place to ask some questions (other forums so far seem unbelievably poor for noots)...
I got some Modalert from goodhealthpharmacy, and it seems pretty crappy when compared to glowing reports of other brands I've seen online, though I've never taken any other brand myself. I read the posts on this board saying how crap it is, too late... but it definately does do 'something'...
Please could someone compare the following to how Modafinil *should* be and let me know just how much of a waste of money this Modalert is...
Over the course of a day I took 700mg of this stuff. After first morning dose of 200mg I felt a definate 'buzzing' sensation, heart rate increase, etc, but still felt tired (as usual, hence the modafinil).
I was up at 1000, took that first 200mg; waited 4 hours took another 100mg; few minutes later felt the effects, still wasn't enough so dropped another 100mg. At this point I start to definately feel some stimulation, but more salient is the feeling of 'pressure' on my head - no concentration, alertness or motivation increase, and still feel tired. Several hours later on, about 2300, my eyelids felt heavy and my concentration was seriously waning. I had some work to do so I drop yet another 100mg. Now start to see an improvement in focus and concentration, but still feel tired, with very heavy eyelids and heartbeat ever faster. Finally at 0000 dropped another 100mg. Now heart feels like its racing quite a lot, but its nothing unmanagable. Feel much more alert than I should at this point, but not like I just got up from a really good sleep or anything, still heavy eyes and much lower concentration than full wakefulness. The buzzing heart-rate thing goes after a few hours, and I'm left admittedly more alert than I should be under the circumstances, but certainly wouldnt be flying any damn fighter jets on a 40 hour shift, like the research suggests you could!!! Poor short-term memory and focus (both mind and eyes!), and obviously not a chance of sleep. I manage at 0600 to lie down for 3 hours, never really sleeping, as if I am constantly falling asleep but never quite getting there. After I got up I was a little refreshed, but still felt messed up. It seems almost like forced insomnia than anything that actually wakes you up.
Sound familiar? Or does this, as I may cautiously suspect, sound more like some kind of amphetamine effect? And, of course, 700mg is quite a lot, so right there I'm thinking theres something going on with this brand. Maybe the effective dose is higher with this stuff, and the 700mg is only worth 100mg of the 'real' stuff (damn I hope thats it)? If thats the case I could do with knowing so I can up the dose - naturally I'm a bit wary of going overboard on the stuff.
Would really like to know how this experience compares to 'real' modafinil (Provigil, Alertec, etc)....
Cheers,
Dave.