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Armodafinil seems to have filled a similar purpose for me that semaglutide does for you. Headaches from it are solved by taking choline, and the insomnia is minimized by taking it before 7 AM and only taking it every other day (long half-life). It's prescription-only in the US, but it's OTC in India and there are plenty of companies that will send it to you without a prescription. Even though it's a stimulant, it's chemically not an amphetamine, and I suspect that's part of why I've never had troubles with customs. Also makes me a 10x coder. I get more work done in a day on that than I do in a week off of it.

Again, I'm not a doctor, and this is not medical advice.



Not sure what you’re trying to say with this comment. We’re talking about weight loss, not focus medication


I use it for weight loss, but it has auxiliary benefits - like increasing my productivity at my tech job, which is an aspect I think some others on this tech forum might appreciate as well, in addition to the appetite suppression.


An okay I didn’t get that.

I take modafanil for focus. It works but my tolerance has been shooting ip lately. Do you think it’s worth trying Armodafanil?


I strongly prefer armodafinil to modafinil, YMMV. I do recommend Choline either way to mitigate the headaches.




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