I had read about how stimulants don't do much for the average person and that much of it is placebo. I know they do a lot for me -- well, Modafinil/Armodafinil does, I haven't tried any other because I'm so happy with these.
I feel lucky I have something that works, I don't mind not having a diagnosis. It'd make sourcing them easier and free, but at $2 a pill and with the multiplier effect it has on my productivity, that doesn't even register.
I hope you've found other ways to improve your experience.
That sucks, hopefully you'll find some that work better.
It used to be kind of like that for me, though me feeling guilty to let people down usually made me fight to barely make it. It's day and night now, I just sit down in the morning and get to work. It helps that they let me hunt squirrels as long as I make enough progress on the main topics, but even things where the work is super boring you just need to put the hours in is now just "okay, works for me" where it would have been a week of agonizing start, work 30 minutes, pause for 3 hours. I've been more productive in the past two years than I have been in the ten years before that.
I was in the beginning and did it only once or twice a week. At some point I tested taking it daily and found that it didn't lose its effect. I've since switched to Armodafinil and have been taking it daily for the past 30 months or so. I'm getting a check up every year and my doctor says I'm fine (well, as fine as a fat guy can be).
The only side-effect is that I feel like I perceive lights and noises as annoying at a lower threshold. I've had that before as well so I'm pretty used to blacking out any LEDs, but it seems to have been increased. Don't know whether that would lessen if I took a break because I haven't for more than a few days.
I had read about how stimulants don't do much for the average person and that much of it is placebo. I know they do a lot for me -- well, Modafinil/Armodafinil does, I haven't tried any other because I'm so happy with these.
I feel lucky I have something that works, I don't mind not having a diagnosis. It'd make sourcing them easier and free, but at $2 a pill and with the multiplier effect it has on my productivity, that doesn't even register.
I hope you've found other ways to improve your experience.