It can cause a large number of serious side effects — especially in children
It can cause psychological dependence.

As with any prescription medication, modafinil carries many side effects. It’s mostly known for its effects on sleep — voiding abusers of their need for sleep, which is why many students use the drug as a study aid.

If your child exhibits one or more of these symptoms combined with other signs of drug abuse, they may be using modafinil:

Trouble falling or staying asleep
Dizziness
Excessive thirst and dry mouth
Nosebleed
Tight muscles or pain that may cause difficulty moving
Burning, tingling or numbness of the skin
Gas, diarrhea or constipation
Loss of appetite
Difficulty seeing or eye pain

Modafinil also causes more severe side effects, including:

Blisters
Peeling skin
Mouth sores
Difficulty breathing or swallowing
Hallucinations
Chest pain
Irregular heartbeat
Swelling of the face, throat, tongue, lips, eyes, or limbs
Suicidal thoughts
thanks for article it helped

Wow and more Wow, was going to congrat you on CBT but not sure you are using it? The badly crashing socialized Med (NHS) here in the UK pushed CBT down everyones throat for everything the last few years. Few wks ago a mental Health nurse told me the game is up and results have not panned out and it has had low success. However human reluctance to change esp when in strife…takes a huge amount of what the Buddhist call ‘Suffering’ for patterns to be sincerely addressed. IMO the longer it takes us to get ill the longer it takes us to recover and patience is not a factor of this era. I am getting huge success from Eckhart Tolles Utube suggestions on relationships with ourselves. Perhaps stress=illness/dysfunction is the path to some human paradigm shift?? Complex Abe folks get complex issues needing new solutions? Look at our noble leader Joe

I recognize the gastric issues (experiencing them on and off currently, I attribute to my chemistry intolerant to new formula-inactive ingredient. My guts and sharp back pain behind stomach for yrs seemed closest to wild IGA being blamed, but did not test out and that was just food related. The going sleepy soon after ‘exposure’ I also had to get my head around, rare since I now suffer rather than dare symptom relief. The hot flashes are classic for those trying to learn about what so far is recognized about Histamine issues and I know them well too.

I am just now pulled together enough to get back to researching. Likely why we meet here?? Previously the most sophisticated and largest group of what I hear called ‘citizen scientist’ is over on multiple forums at phoenixrising , They were the first place I could watch ‘gene speak’ and try to learn some of the ‘language’. It seems a tribe of the those long fallen through the cracks and many seriously well informed focused on solutions, not suffering.

You might not know about an area somewhat like immunology but much more basic deep metabolism disruption (as far as I can tell) not even a settled term, but a spin off of long recognized extreme intolerance, Mast Cell Activation Disorder (or Syndrome. It was fringe when I tried rounding up data but ck MCAD if you have not already ran across it would be my suggestion for research. NO ans, but sometimes the comfort of just being recognized helps get though the day!

IMO Sadly things without an obvious profit motive, as in a direct symptom for big pharma to throw research money at to create a drug, is bad health care for the world. Those carrying any new directional torch are vilified by their peers for yrs till gold standards crush under there own mistaken symptom solutions.

I am experimenting with ‘pulsing’ therapeutic trials (rotating)and alternative delivery systems (inside of lips gums under the tongue)-not working! Breaking up tabs and getting things past my stomach/duodenum as fast as possible and then buffering after by drinking a mug of cooked slippery elm powder. Also either kind of cheap flax seeds soaked overnight in water make a innocuous slim that coats and soothes but doubt it can interrupt signaled cascades your SUFFERRING. Big healer for badly damaged mucus linings and old fashion ulcer cure is straight cabbage Juice. From memory high sulfur beside all the other goodies. I spend lots on food close to its source and still alive. I eat nothing I do not control. But self experiment crashes and getting back to baseline, sends me to listen to ET!

Sleep is where all DNA repair happens, let us all know what you discover. I Care.
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Two months ago I inquire about switching to Strattera from Modif in hopes some of my inflammatory issues are related to TransSulfur metabolism (I think that is what I mean??) but the whole sulfite/sulfur issue I am keen to know more about. Strattera compared to Modif, a chemist explained would be a better option to get away from the often problematic issue so many suffer from, (I do have the modif tech details….)

Shrink said sure….after three months ‘washout’ and then do a trial run. I declined for now, as 3mo with out calm and quiet at least for a few hours in the morning was a very hard thought.

If the insomnia is ‘mind running’………. I recommend Eckhart Tolles’, Utube advice. A better ‘flavor’ of ‘mindfulness’ ie bril way to turn OFF the mind. Potassium/electrolites helps me for jitters-various. But tiny amounts of B6-Niacin really really wks if tolerated…something about jolting the Liver (my words/interp!)

I will assume you know about ‘blue screen’ viewing in the evening, implicated in sleep issues?

I have very little knowledge about anything but coffee and modif and extreme intolerance’s. If you see this let us know how Strattera compares.

thanks
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Moderator??? If my comments are ‘crossing any lines’ please let me know?? I am new

It was like my mind was my own. the world was a calm good place and I was able for what ever! ‘Was’ because, economic pressures forced the manf of the brand (I soon found out I had to insist on being supplied with Myland*) was withdrawn from the market while a cheaper formula was reorganized. Been living in Hell and wild times last 5 months trying now 4 other generics, already with obviously much cheaper/dirtier formulas. Issue; personally likely non active ingredients of various kinds that I personally am wildly intolerant of. Long history of extreme sensitivity ie Asperger dx age 56!

FYI lots of news in the ‘digital river crowd of citizen scientist’ struggling with personalized med in a a la’ ‘do it your self’. Genome folks esp MTHFR ‘fad?’ but for many of us a at long last serious explanation how intolerance to common things like sulfites, sulfurs histamine, bio-amines…Mast Cell activation issues etc etc are crashing folks who really need to understand their personal limits. Sadly I will be dead before good advice is widely available.

looking forward to this thread! Lkie I said ‘I am new here’, I am far from the new world civilization but the clever pop up window on my desktop sure helps me notice your skill to help Me be informed.

Hope this helps. Without staying conscious and self knowledge, sooner or later NO One can push themselves to far! The universe will teach you a lesson, one way or another!
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