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Can confirm, modafinil saved me just this week. It's great as long as you can flex your schedule to catch up on sleep relatively quickly after the crunch.

Something I've noticed with it is that I can breath a lot easier when I take it. I have asthma and get seasonal allergies, and it dilates my sinus cavity.

Someone was telling me the other day that they're starting to use it as a first line treatment for depression and people have been on it continuously for years. I wonder what it would do to the valley if all the programmers were on it...

I've seen it being abused by people who are creeping into a burnout. Making the burn in deeper.

Like any stim, especially in our community, be careful.

It sure is fun, but pretty much wasted if doing on a day to day job.

I've never used it, but it does have far, far lower abuse potential than traditional stims such adderall or other amphetamines. I could definitely buy that psychological dependence could occur pretty easily, though.