I'm wondering if this so called wonder drug can be good for us price action traders. Anybody ever take it?
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/provigil-secret-success/story?id=16788001
They are all around us, a secret society of the successful. They say what gives them an advantage, though, isn't just purposefulness or perseverance but a little secret weapon, a pill called Provigil.
There is the lobbyist, who wakes up at 5 a.m. to complete two full workouts before heading to work.
"I could not do this without Provigil. You know, it just wouldn't be the same," she told ABC News, asking that ABC News not identify her. "It's amazing. ... I just don't get ... why more people don't know about it."
John Withers, a computer programmer, can write code for 12 hours at a time.
"It helps you focus up for exceptionally long periods of time," he said.
And then there is the brain researcher who can find connections no one else is seeing. She asked that we not name her.
"It's just a clear day," she said. "The fog isn't there."
Cognitive enhancement
There is disagreement to whether the cognitive effects modafinil showed in healthy non-sleep-deprived people are sufficient to consider it to be a cognitive enhancer.[56][57][58] The researchers agree that modafinil improves some aspects of working memory, such as digit span, digit manipulation and pattern recognition memory, but the results related to spatial memory, executive function and attention are equivocal.[56][57][58][59] Some of the positive effects of modafinil may be limited to "lower-performing"[59] individuals or to individuals with lower IQ.[60] One study found that modafinil restored normal levels of learning ability in methamphetamine addicts, but had no effect on non-addicts.[61]
There is evidence of neuroprotective effects in rats.[62]
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/provigil-secret-success/story?id=16788001
They are all around us, a secret society of the successful. They say what gives them an advantage, though, isn't just purposefulness or perseverance but a little secret weapon, a pill called Provigil.
There is the lobbyist, who wakes up at 5 a.m. to complete two full workouts before heading to work.
"I could not do this without Provigil. You know, it just wouldn't be the same," she told ABC News, asking that ABC News not identify her. "It's amazing. ... I just don't get ... why more people don't know about it."
John Withers, a computer programmer, can write code for 12 hours at a time.
"It helps you focus up for exceptionally long periods of time," he said.
And then there is the brain researcher who can find connections no one else is seeing. She asked that we not name her.
"It's just a clear day," she said. "The fog isn't there."
Cognitive enhancement
There is disagreement to whether the cognitive effects modafinil showed in healthy non-sleep-deprived people are sufficient to consider it to be a cognitive enhancer.[56][57][58] The researchers agree that modafinil improves some aspects of working memory, such as digit span, digit manipulation and pattern recognition memory, but the results related to spatial memory, executive function and attention are equivocal.[56][57][58][59] Some of the positive effects of modafinil may be limited to "lower-performing"[59] individuals or to individuals with lower IQ.[60] One study found that modafinil restored normal levels of learning ability in methamphetamine addicts, but had no effect on non-addicts.[61]
There is evidence of neuroprotective effects in rats.[62]
