I've not needed to do this much, but one trick I read about is to set an alarm an hour before you need to get up and have modafinil (/whatever) and some water ready. Take the magic pills, go back to sleep, alarm goes off again an hour later and you're actually awake this time. I should probably do that more often, actually. It'd probably result in a less pissed-off wife. :o/
FWIW, at my bodyweight, a 200mg modafinil pill is not enough to keep me awake if I'm very tired - or at least, not enough to keep me awake much beyond a normal working day. I've definitely had days when I've been okay during the working day, but fallen asleep at 8pm in my chair in the living room, despite having taken the magic pills. They're not speedy, like your 'diet pills' will be, you don't feel 'kept awake'.
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I've not needed to do this much, but one trick I read about is to set an alarm an hour before you need to get up and have modafinil (/whatever) and some water ready. Take the magic pills, go back to sleep, alarm goes off again an hour later and you're actually awake this time. I should probably do that more often, actually. It'd probably result in a less pissed-off wife. :o/
FWIW, at my bodyweight, a 200mg modafinil pill is not enough to keep me awake if I'm very tired - or at least, not enough to keep me awake much beyond a normal working day. I've definitely had days when I've been okay during the working day, but fallen asleep at 8pm in my chair in the living room, despite having taken the magic pills. They're not speedy, like your 'diet pills' will be, you don't feel 'kept awake'.