I first heard about modafinil when I started researching narcolepsy, wondering if there was any treatment for the way I fall asleep several times a day. It came up as an option with a lot of great side effects.
As an American with no health insurance, though, going to a doctor, getting assigned to a sleep study, and obtaining a prescription is just prohibitively expensive.
Oh man that's a shame, you are indeed who the drug was original synthesised for :-(
How about Canada? Is that an option? I don't really know too much about it as I'm in the UK.
Cg
There probably is a way I could track some down. I've read that a lot of narcolepsy sufferers, even with legitimate prescriptions, order from Canada because the pills are so much less expensive there. But I'm kind of a pussy when it comes to bending the rules, and I know that shipping drugs across the border can lead to some pretty serious consequences - not to mention the risk of buying from an unknown source.
I'm also very hesitant about altering my brain chemistry. But the more I hear about this drug the more I'm entertaining the idea of making an exception. Focus is becoming a huge issue for me.