Trying to separate three different claims about modafinil: that it is the right molecule, that it is the right dose, and that it does something useful.
Loose evidence is not the same as no evidence and people overcorrect in both directions.
Forum consensus and published consensus diverged here about five years ago and never reconverged.
The effect size I actually noticed is roughly a third of what the write-ups imply, and it took five years to be sure.
Cold storage, light protection, and a date on the vial. Boring, and it removes half the variables.
Tolerance builds fastest when it is taken for extra hours rather than extra work.
Where does the human data stop and the extrapolation start?
Nobody has ever been talked out of a stack by a stranger on the internet.
Loose evidence is not nothing, but a washout either side is the only reason to trust your own take.
Is a baseline blood test really necessary before starting something like this?
Three questions kill most of the confidence in a thread like this: sample size, blinding, who paid.
Stupid question: how do you know whether what is in the vial matches the label at all?
Test one thing at a time. It feels slower and it is the only way to learn anything.
Nobody has ever been talked out of a stack by a stranger on the internet.
Sterility is the part people wave through and it is the part that actually bites.