Hi Pete,
After reading what Provigil was able to do for military pilots I asked for
and my doctor prescribed me 5 provigil pills 2 years back. I took them
during the contest up at W3PP. I used to be able to stay up 24 hours but
that was 10 years ago. Now my eyes typically slam shut around 0300 the first
night of the contest. Provigil didn't work for me. Even though I really
tried to stay up, I still felt tired and I ended up still going to be about
0330 and fell asleep immediately. I practically had to be pried out of my
sleeping bag for the sunrise opening. Saturday night was a repeat of
Friday night.For me, I found Provigil to be ineffective. YMMV
73
Chet
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pete Smith" <n4zr@contesting.com>
To: <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2009 2:35 PM
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Drugs, Sleep and Contesting
>I was thinking of writing a little piece on this for the Contest
> Compendium's section on sleep deprivation. My memory no doubt has
> gaps, but I don't recall any serious discussion of the topic here. I
> think that a couple of years ago there was a flurry of interest in a
> drug called Provigil that had been developed for use by people
> afflicted with narcolepsy, but that's all I recall.
>
> Obviously, I'm not suggesting a discussion of illegal drug use (no
> greenies, please) but I wonder what the collective experience has
> been. Have you tried anything other than the measures suggested in
> the Compendium article on Sleep strategies? See
> http://wiki.contesting.com/index.php/Table_of_Contents#Contest_Operating
> for that.
>
> 73, Pete N4ZR
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