Provigil Extends Your Day?

John Mearns writes "It looks like before long all caffeine junkies will be able to ditch the bottle of Mountain Dew or cup of coffee in favor of pill. Its not a true stimulant so you don't get the "caffeine crash," just countless hours of alert attentiveness. " It's also still in testing so it'll probably make you grow horns or something, and is supposed to only be used for people who are sleepy during the day, but it raises several interesting ethical questions.

Comments

caffene crash is great

[Lumpy]

How else do i know it's time to give up and go to bed? when you finally come crashing down in the bathroom as your body is expelling all that water...

Boom.... now sleep for 12 hours.

I want something that will reduce my bodies need for sleep... make me feel good and refreshed on 3 or 4 hours of sleep.

Re:caffene crash is great

[Wonko42]

Try Uberman's Sleep Cycle. If your schedule allows it, and you're able to adjust to the cycle, you'll end up getting around two to three hours of sleep per day (just not consecutively) and you'll feel better than after a normal eight hours of sleep. Or so people say.

Sleep and dreams...

[Steveftoth]

Since this deprives you of sleep, but somehow keeps you from falling asleep, the long-term side effects of this are compeletly unknown. All the studies show that not sleeping is extreamly bad for you in the long run. Lowers immune systems, increases stress, reduces hapiness, etc.
One thing they don't mention is if you have to sleep for a 'normal' amount after the drug wares off. So if you are awake for like 36 hours, then how long do you sleep? 8 hours? or 16 hours?

Even if this has bad long term effects, this will be very popular, everyone has those nights that they 'have' to stay up and work. Could be the procrationators drug of choice.

As with all good things...

[SkyLeach]

This will have horrible side effects. When will people learn that there is simply no substitute for a good night's sleep.

Even natural stuff like gensing makes you feel like pure total SH*T when it wears off. Does funky things to yer pee to...

My dad is a hard-line baptist, will not drink ANYTHING with alcohol (or even anything that looks like alcohol, i.e. IBC Root Beer and Welches sparkling grape juice) but drinks up to 5 pots of coffee a day.

He gets kinds irate when I point out he's addicted, but...

Re:Whatever happened to good old SPEED?

[Graspee_Leemoor]

Speed is physically addictive. It fucks your heart up. Many people end up injecting it. You never know what you're getting. You're paying people (dealers) you'd rather not have to be in the same universe with.

I have made it through many tough projects without using illegal drugs.

I know loads of people are now going to slap me down, disagree and generally piss all over me, but I don't want anyone to risk using speed after reading your post.

graspee

Re:I've used it.

[tswinzig]

I never grokked why this stay-up-for-hours mentality became such a powerful meme with college students. I *always* did better by getting a reasonable amount of sleep than by staying up to cram. Give yourself a few extra days lead time for in-depth studying.

Maybe you retain knowledge differently than most? If it's a subject that bores me, I do what most people do, I wait until the night before the exam, and cram on the topics most likely to be tested. Perhaps pulling an all-nighter if the class is early the next day.

Procastination is a common problem. For example, I waited until the last second to post this response.