Provigil

I've used it. It's like having the volume in your head turned up. And it was the only substance I've ever tried that made me feel like I was becoming an addict. I built a tolerance to it, every time it wore off I wanted it again, and every time it wore off it hurt more and more, and I started to think eventually I was going to need it just to get through a day. Bad news. This happened in less than a week, and I *was* sleeping every night for about six hours at a time. I got rid of it and never touched it again. The only people I know who've used it with success took it very rarely to drive all night. I guess I was being an idiot for taking it daily. But the thing is, if it can have that reaction in a week of taking it daily, I don't buy the idea that it's not like amphetamines. I've also taken amphetamines daily (by prescription) and it did not have that affect on me.

Used it twice, under a doctor's care. Took one dose, didn't notice much of anything, stayed awake longer in the day, fine.

The second dose, a week later, I had a stressful day and I had roughly the same stressed-out feelings I have when I have too much coffee.

Salon is over-hyping. 1) You still need sleep. No dreams = insanity, no sleep = no immune system workee. 2) Many people do get side-effects of jitteriness. I did. 3) Not addicting? Uh, yeah, sure. Maybe there's LESS of the physical addition stuff. Psychological addiction is the same as amphetamines, coffee, etc.