I sleep 10 hours a night but still need to nap constantly during the day. Even 400 mg of caffeine doesn’t buzz me, it just makes me feel 70% close to my normal, high energy 20s self. My daytime fatigue is so severe I’ve been mistaken for being drunk (even though I don’t drink), and I experience a dream like brain fog around friends unless I use caffeine pills to seem present.
I know this is part of normal aging for a woman in her 30s, but it’s frustrating to constantly need naps when I haven’t even done anything. Sometimes you just have to biohack. Still, I feel a bit jealous of how men age differently and seem to keep loads of energy.
I don’t have caffeine all the time. I only take it when I’m going to go out with friends or with my boyfriend so I’m fully lucid. I might end up switching to Adderall since I’ve heard that’s a lot stronger than caffeine is.
Talk to a doctor: good. Taking random amphetamines because you’re tired: less good.
But if you’re going to ask for a med, go for modafinil. It’s more like what people want amphetamines to be, if they’re not looking for outright speed.
Please, don’t. If you don’t have a direct doctor’s recommendation, any “I think I will start using drugs because I think I will feel better” is just wrong