03-25-2016, 07:37 PM
So yes, I can confirm that Modafinil does in fact have a 12-hour half-life...If I were to take it at, say, 9AM, I'd no doubt have even more trouble getting to sleep at night than I do now - But my work day starts early, so on the days I use it, I'm taking it on an empty stomach at around 4:30AM. This being a Friday at the end of a long week, I took my normal dose to make sure I was able to stay awake and alert for a couple of meetings, and it's worked just fine until just now...I can feel the crash beginning to start.
It isn't a dirty crash akin to a Ritalin crash, just a slow evaporation of the mild feeling of well-being that Modafinil provides, combined with all the fatigue it was hiding starting to poke it's head out and growl.
I do have a remedy to complete the day and make me bearable this evening - A couple of cups of coffee and one 15mg capsule of prescription Temazepam (Restoril) stolen from my sleeping pill prescription seem to perk me up a bit and take the irritable edge off so that I don't arrive home as a grumpy, tired old man. Which is what I am, actually - It's just that better living through chemistry allows me to hide it. Amazing, the off-label uses one finds for some meds...Especially extremely weak benzos like Temazepam. While I prefer them to Zolpidem as a sleep aid, this is one of the other ways I've found to use them (I take 30mg, 2 15mg capsules as prescribed for sleep, but only 15mg as a mild antidote to a Modafinil crash).
Happy Friday All, and to my fellow chronic insomniacs, my best wishes for a decent night's sleep tonight.
- b2g
It isn't a dirty crash akin to a Ritalin crash, just a slow evaporation of the mild feeling of well-being that Modafinil provides, combined with all the fatigue it was hiding starting to poke it's head out and growl.
I do have a remedy to complete the day and make me bearable this evening - A couple of cups of coffee and one 15mg capsule of prescription Temazepam (Restoril) stolen from my sleeping pill prescription seem to perk me up a bit and take the irritable edge off so that I don't arrive home as a grumpy, tired old man. Which is what I am, actually - It's just that better living through chemistry allows me to hide it. Amazing, the off-label uses one finds for some meds...Especially extremely weak benzos like Temazepam. While I prefer them to Zolpidem as a sleep aid, this is one of the other ways I've found to use them (I take 30mg, 2 15mg capsules as prescribed for sleep, but only 15mg as a mild antidote to a Modafinil crash).
Happy Friday All, and to my fellow chronic insomniacs, my best wishes for a decent night's sleep tonight.
- b2g