So we're finally ok caffeine? I feel it is now almost as unavoidable as sugar in commercial food products (in that many products use it as a secondary 'enhancer' of some kind).
So find a suitable psychiatrist.
And then wait 4-6 months for your appointment.
I'm not sure what this entails. You just tell your psychiatrist you have alertness issues and they prescribe modafinil? That doesn't seem like how it works
The -afinils I have to space out or combine with an anti-histamine and dose very carefully. When I didn't, I got very itchy skin like an allergy (and I've never had those before, though there is family history).
Never tried Ritalin or Mydayis, though some of my friends swear by it.
What's your experience been like?
Any kind of skin reaction to -afinils would scare me off using them entirely, due to the link with Steven-Johnsons syndrome (warning: do not google, or use a text-only browser to do so)
And you know how it is, you can get SJS from Ibuprofen and Naproxen. You can't live in fear of low probability occurrences. But you're right in that it's worth making that decision in an informed manner, and keeping my doctors informed of what I intend is part of that.
If you take too many NSAIDS and you also drink too much coffee, you can get a nice little double-whammy.
Caffeine is much harsher, and too much makes me nervous. And after a while, I'm tired, yet still too buzzed to sleep.