Modafinil 7

I have stopped taking modafinil daily as it stopped working (havings its effects).  In fact I think that while taking 200mg of modafinil at the end of my modafinil 30 day trial my cognitive functioning was worse, however, this may just be coincidence.
After corresponding with others I have decided that I will only take modafinil on the days that I need to get up early and take at least a two day off period every two weeks.  When my day courses begin, I plan on taking at least 2 days off every week, i.e. no modafinil on the weekends.
Another thing that I can do is up my dosage of modafinil to 300mg or 400mg [from 100-200mg currently].  I was told by a peer that beyond 400mg, efficacy has not been proven, i.e. there will be no additional benefit by increasing the dosage beyond 400mg/day.  If I were to take 300mg or 400mg of modafinil a day, I could divide the dosage to be taken twice a day.

If modafinil is still not working then I can try switching to armodafinil (brand name Nuvigil, manufactured by the same company of Provigil [modafinil]).  More info on armodafinil can be found here.

Modafinl 6 - Summary

I've been on modafinil for almost 30 days now.  For the first two days I took 200mg upon waking and it was great.  For the rest of that week I took 100mg upon waking, and it too was great.  I had decreased sleep time in the range of 7-8 hours, and my concentration was great and daytime fatigue absent.  However, I then took a two-three day break from modafinil, and when I started the following day at 100mg again, it was okay, but not the same like in the first week, and from there, the medication seems to have decreased in effect as time went on to the point where I had to up the dosage to 200mg daily, and even after being on 200mg for the past six days, my sleep time has gradually become 12-14 hours again and my daytime fatigue has returned, and cognitive functions are not as well as I'd like them to be.

Modafinil 5

I have been taking 200mg of modafinil for about a week now because on 100mg I was still sleeping excessively (i.e. 11-13 hours).  My sleep time on 200mg is now about 13-14 hours, so I am not really experiencing much decrease in sleep time as compared to my sleep time before using modafinil (prior to modafinil I was sleeping 13-14 hours, usually 14).  However, I do feel that when I am awake, on the modafinil, I am perhaps less tired than without the modafinil.

Modafinil 4

My sleep time on 100mg modafinil is no longer 7-8 hours, because with that amount of sleep I still feel excessively tired in the daytime.  It seems that I need sleep in the range of 10-11 hours, this is probably due to tolerance of modafinil.  This to be confirmed through future trial.

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Here is a great website for drug reviews by patients.
This is the link for modafinil (Provigil in the USA):  http://www.askapatient.com/viewrating.asp?drug=20717&name=PROVIGIL