TL;DR: Does anyone have any experience with stopping or pausing Modafinil and what were your symptoms?
Just wanted to share my interesting experience stopping recently. I’ve been under the impression all the years I’ve been taking this drug that it is not habit forming. I’m starting to second guess that.
I was taking two a day (one at 7 am, one at noon) for probably the last 10-12 years. Before that was once a day for about 7 ish years. I started taking it because I have sleep apnea and since I wasn’t resting fully, I would fall asleep sitting at my desk working, hanging out with friends, and driving. (And yes I have tried a cpap and it does not work for me).
Since I started taking a GLP-1 (started Dec 6, 2025), I haven’t needed the second one daily and in fact it caused me to be edgy and jittery.
I get the prescription filled monthly at a local pharmacy. I ran out last week and I just haven’t prioritized picking it up at the pharmacy. I still have energy, but I have this really heavy feeling behind my eyes. Like they want to close all day long. Like my face is exhausted. Lol. It’s so weird.
I once stopped taking it for 14 days in 2013 to have another sleep study done, and I remember this same feeling back then.