Weekly thread for sharing your current protocol. No judgement, just information exchange. Reply with: dose, frequency, timing, brand, any supplements stacked, and the main use case.
My current protocol:
- Dose: 100 mg
- Frequency: 4 days per week (Mon/Tue/Thu/Fri)
- Timing: 7:30 am fasted
- Brand: Modalert
- Stack: Magnesium glycinate 400 mg evening, 0.5 mg melatonin at bedtime, L-theanine 200 mg with dose
- Use case: Software development, technical writing
Share yours below!
50 mg Modalert (half a 100 mg pill) / Daily / 7 am / No supplements / Use: elderly parent with shift work sleep disorder, prescribed. Low dose works well for her with minimal side effects. Just adding this perspective as the age/context discussion is often absent.
Currently taking a month off after 4 months of 3x weekly use. Will return to 100 mg Modalert Mon/Wed/Fri in about 2 weeks. Breaks are valuable and underused.
200 mg Modvigil / Mon-Wed-Fri / 8 am with a small breakfast / Stack: just magnesium at night / Use: research writing and data analysis. 14 months on this and it is rock solid.
150 mg Waklert (armodafinil) / 3 days per week / 6:30 am fasted / Stack: L-theanine 200 mg + alpha-GPC 300 mg / Use: medical research and thesis writing. Switched from modafinil 6 months ago and prefer the smoother profile.
100 mg Artvigil / alternating days / 8 am with breakfast / Stack: nothing currently / Use: PhD studies in mathematics. The lower peak of Artvigil suits analytical work well without the edge of higher doses.
100 mg Modalert / demand-based (2–4 days per week) / 7 am fasted / No additional supplements / Use: freelance design and client presentations. Simple and effective.
200 mg Modvigil / 4 days per week / 6 am pre-workout / Stack: magnesium, melatonin, zinc / Use: long-distance lorry driving (shift irregular hours, legally obtained prescription for shift work sleep disorder). Strictly no more than 200 mg ever, safety is paramount.
100 mg Modalert / 5 days per week (weekdays only) / 7:30 am with coffee (one cup only) / Stack: magnesium, melatonin / Use: startup operations. Would prefer to do 4 days but the Monday and Friday demands make 5 necessary for me currently.
Great diversity of protocols here. Interesting to see the variety — from 50 mg daily to 200 mg 5x weekly, all finding different optimal points. This variability is why generic “take 200 mg every morning” advice is insufficient.
200 mg Modalert split dose (100 mg + 100 mg at noon) / 3 days per week / First dose 7 am fasted / Stack: L-theanine 400 mg split across both doses / Use: academic lecturing and grant writing. The split dose works much better for teaching days.