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Got prescribed Modafinil by my doc (details below if you're interested) and took my first 100mg pill yesterday, still awake and alert at 5am.
I will be working on a very challenging academic project for the next 3 1/2 months and want to optimise my cognitive functioning during that time.
I'm trying to figure out how much and how often I should take Modafinil to achieve maximum performance for this time frame, so I am interested in your personal experiences/advice.
Would it be wiser to take a lower dosage 7 days a week or a slightly higher for 5 days and pause for the weekends? What is the best way to avoid tolerance?

If it was a short term project I would probably just take it daily at a higher dosage and try to power through for one or two weeks, but I am afraid that having one's brain in dopamine overdrive might not be sustainable for a three and a half month period.

I am grateful for any and all advice.

Background: My shrink and psychiatrist suspect I might have undiagnosed ADHD. I live in a country where you can only get Ritalin and other ADHD meds if you undergo a certified diagnostic process which is expensive and takes a lot of time. I am willing to invest the time and money in this, but need a short term solution right now. This very important academic project has me feeling overwhelmed to the point that I've been completely paralysed and unproductive which worsened my previously diagnosed depression and anxiety. My psychiatrist suggested I could take Modafinil until the ADHD diagnosis comes through (unlike Ritalin etc., Moda is not subject to the same narcotics laws here).
Had been on Bupropion 300mg and 100mg Sertraline before and had to taper off and ultimately completely quit taking Bupropion before starting Modafinil. The Bupropion seemed to give me a moderate amount of energy and focus in the past, but wasn't enough to keep me productive and stable while facing this big and anxiety inducing project. I've been feeling increasingly tired and demoralised while tapering off Bupropion and hope that Modafinil will re-energize me.
I've been taking different antidepressants, bentos and Z-drugs throughout the past ten years and would like to eventually be able to live without them, but at the moment getting this big project done is incredibly important to me and failure to do so would take a tremendous toll on me.

Other meds/substances: daily: 100mg Sertraline, lots of caffeine daily for years, occasional cigarette ; as needed: Zopiclone for sleep, Lorazepam for panic attacks

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