Modafinil
A prescription drug used to treat excessive daytime sleepiness and narcolepsy, with mild cognitive enhancing effects.
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"the ADHD meds that I feel like have been popular in Silicon Valley for decades across Ritalin, Adderall, Vyvanse, and Modafinil"
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"We all have heard of modafinil used to treat excessive daytime sleepiness. It may have a slight cognitive enhancing effect, but it's mostly a focusing thing."
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"In the proper setting prescribed by the proper professional, things like modafinil for narcolepsy might be appropriate."
"I have tried modafinil. I've tried the various amphetamines — Adderall, Ritalin, etc. And the difference is that if I use modafinil for two or three days and I stop, I immediately feel a physical requirement to use it to get back to my prior basel..."
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