Ben GreenfieldFounder, Ben Greenfield Life

Lyle Phillips Short Clip 2 Productivity Biohacking with Modafinil

25 Aug 2023 · 1 min

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Ben Greenfield recommends modafinil for occasional productivity boosts, typically 200 mg for 24 hours of heightened focus. He warns against regular use to avoid tolerance and explains it works by flooding dopamine and serotonin receptors to make work feel more rewarding.

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About 200 milligrams per pill.

About 24 hours.

About 12 hours.

It "floods the cell receptors with dopamine and serotonin," increasing reward for tasks.

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Every once in a while. You need the big guns. You need the, oh, I am in book writing phase. And I'm on deadline. Three weeks, I'm gonna be sleeping four hours a night and freaking L? Theania. My coffee is not gonna do the trick, I guarantee there's one. And I would consider this to be a smart drug. Okay. You'd only want to use in moderation. Okay. To ensure that you don't have. You don't build up tolerance to it. Okay. Is called modafinil. Usually a pill of that comes as about 200 millig. Okay. One pill would give you hyper productivity for about 24 hours. Got it. Half a pill, about 12 hours. Okay. What you need to realize, though, is that the mechanism of action is that it floods the cell receptors with dopamine and serotonin. So everything feels rewarding, particularly work checklists and task.