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Modafinil: Is This Wildly Popular Smart Drug Safe And Effective? (& What It Can Do For Your Sleep Cycles & Brain Health).

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Modafinil and Norepinephrine

Modafinil is a selective dopamine reuptake inhibitor. So, you're strengthening or enhancing this dopaminergic signal that tells us to focus and stay motivated. And norepinephrine, similarly, from what I understand, is also affected by modafinil. Now, it does kind of give you like this anxious kind of jittery effect. Focus our attention, or an excess, cause some of the potential anxiety that I know some people have reported when using modaf in higher doses.

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