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REFLECTIVE JOURNAL ENTRY ONE Tell an illness story of your own, or one you find on the internet. How does this story construct subjectivity for the protagonist and the people around him or her? I’ve always had issues concerning sleep, as a child I had night terrors and issues with going to sleep on time. In my late teens my sleep issues became worse, I was often falling asleep during lectures, having to have naps in between lectures, at the same time I often had issues with falling asleep at…

diary for two or more weeks, which should include the length of time the moderate daytime sleepiness has afflicted the patient for. Hypersomnia is treated with stimulants like amphetamine and modafinil. Amphetamine is a drug used to help suppress an appetite and modafinil is a drug used to give the body a pump of wakefulness and energy. Other drugs or treatment plans may include maintaining a regular sleeping schedule, buying a new and comfortable bed and pillow, avoiding…

In this paper I am going to discuss with you the signs, symptoms and treatment of narcolepsy. I will also discuss the correlations, if any it has to the field of Neurodiagnostics. Narcolepsy is a chronic brain disorder that creates disruptions of the sleep-wake cycles. People with narcolepsy experience commonly experience periods of extreme daytime sleepiness and sudden, uncontrollable bouts of sleep that can strike at any time. These “sleep attacks” usually last a few seconds to several…

narcolepsy. It is a strong sedative that must be taken twice a night. The distribution of sodium oxybate is tightly restricted because of its heavy side effects. The initial line of treatment is usually a central nervous system stimulant such as modafinil. Modafinil is usually prescribed first because it is less addictive and has fewer side effects than older stimulants. For most people these drugs are generally effective at reducing daytime drowsiness and improving alertness. Lifestyle changes…

Over the years neuroenhancing drugs like adderall have become a more popular stimulant being taken by people who feel the need to use them in order to perform better. Adderall is just one of many pills people enjoy taking for increased mental performance. These pills help people focus on tasks for long periods of time and are said to help increase performance mentally. Students trying to earn a degree and an adult in a competitive setting are the most likely to be taking these pills, but that…

because amphetamines are less useful for those individuals who are older. What is more, the side effects of it prompt adults to cease taking it. For narcolepsy, amphetamines have been used to treat it since 1930s, but they have been replaces by modafinil because the side effects of them. For obesity, amphetamines were first used to treat it in the 1930s, too. However, the treatment of it has fallen. So there is a recent small-scale trial using dexamphetamine, in which is a similar molecule to…

drugs called cognitive-enhancing (C.E.) drugs and they encompass a wide varying class of drugs. Many C.E. drugs are over-the-counter such as Priacetam and caffeine. Other C.E. drugs require prescriptions and more effective, and it includes Adderall, Modafinil and Ritalin. Students use over-the-counter and prescription C.E. drugs in hopes of increasing their ability…

In addition, the study also featured a poll to gather what side-effects were most common among the stimulant drug users. The researchers reported that “The most commonly reported adverse reactions by nonmedical users included lack of appetite (68.2%) and difficulty sleeping (54.5%)” (969). Those results are characteristic of stated side effects of Adderall since they do help to treat narcolepsy and weight-loss is also another reported off-label use of the drug Adderall. Yet these statistics…

bodybuilders in order to increase muscle mass. Anabolic refers to as muscle building capability. There are also other different steroids that other athletes take such as sprinters. The steroids that would be illegal before a competition is Provigil (modafinil) and Cytomel (T3 or liothryoine) keeping in mind that these are just a few. These steroids are ones that, if an athlete get caught with then it could be considered illegal. If an athlete gets caught taking steroids, they would get a fine…

Where Will Technology Take Us In The Future? The internet and the invention of improved technology are growing rapidly. It allows us to do complex jobs without major effort. The internet is an immense source, it involves many people working together to create an opportunity for everyone to get easy and fast information without having to pick up a book. With a click of a mouse button we have tons of information right in front of our computer screen. Is the privilege of having easy access and…