Comment · Mon, March 25, 2013 · Ceretropic
Modafinil - took motivation away.
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Hi Nootropic community, I am 27 year old male. I’ve lost my white collar job and had to take an overnight warehouse job and after researching what can help me stay awake – I came across Modafinil. I’ve been taking it for the last 4 months (half a tablet or 1 tablet max per workday, taking 2-3 days off) I do manual mind numbing work that does not require too much brain, I took this job to do something while I am looking for a good job (the job I went college for) and of course for some cash. Taking Modafinil actually helps me keep sane. I am not constantly in my head thinking how much this job sucks.
I do my job well and I think that it definitely helps people like me, who need it to keep awake. About a week ago I’ve ran out of Modafinil and what I’ve noticed is that while on it I am very awake and concentrated on the job at hand, it’s like being in the moment all the time. It’s like being mesmerized, nothing but this moment exist. Might sound good, but it took all the planning away.
Because of M. the job that should’ve been a pit stop on my life’s journey and intended to be shitty to motivate me to advance becoming more permanent every passing day . With the help of M. thi…
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u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · Ceretropic
Force yourself to address it. Find what motivates you to make a change, and keep at it. Don't let your brain accept complacency. Force it to always have your goal in your conscious thought. Obviously to do that you need a goal.