| C15H15NO2S |
For those of you who, like me, are familiar with some of the hazily remembered aspects of organic chemistry studied more than a decade now in the past and not touched on since, it's a fairly non-descript looking chemical to the untrained eye. A couple of Benzene rings with some small traces of Sulphur, Oxygen and what looks like Amonia thrown in at some point for good measure to add a bit of class to the proceedings.
What makes it different if not unique is the way that this chemical interacts with others found within the human brain. It is related closely to the amphetamine series of drug molocules which both Herr Hitler's science division, Tour de France cyclists and beat poets with berets hanging out in coffee bars had discovered by the mid-point of last century.
The difference is, while amphetamine and it's brothers literally crank everything in the brain up to 11 and ge you through the day with sheer brute force tweaking and stimulation, Modifinil stimuates principally only the cognitive functions of the brain but does so somehow by supressing to some degree the build-up of other chemical byproducts of thinking hard in the brain, leaving your thinking largely clear of their muddying effects and all the while supporting your ability to concentrate and focus for extended periods of time.
All well and good, I hear you say, but what's the use? How different is that from a 3am esspresso enema to get you up an running again long enough to catch a taxi home?
Put simply, it reduces the need for sleep whilst blocking most of the cognitive in pairments associated with being awake and up all night for hours on end.
And because the effect is largely achieved in the brain itself the body is subject therefore to much less harsh treatment - you breathing may become easier but your heart will nor race and you mind remain alert at all times until your body washes it out.
Who wouldn't want to give that a try?
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