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  Modafinil is generally prescribed to improve wakefulness in patients that suffer from sleep deprivation due to narcolepsy and sleep apnea. Additionally, it is used to help people who do shift work and has now been used by soldiers and astronauts to help keep them awake and alert at unusual times. Modafinil has been proven effective in treating ADHD and is particularly prescribed off-label to treat fatigue caused by some conditions. just like most drugs that can be used to improve weaknesses, modafinil is not an amphetamine and appears to have no direct, indiscriminate impact on neurotransmitters like norepinephrine and serotonin. The mechanism of action of the medication is still not completely clear. It seems that modafinil selectively stimulates neurons into the hypothalamus, the area of the brain that controls sleep, rise levels of histamines, dopamine, along with other neurotransmitters have been discovered in the hypothalamus when using this medicine. Unlike other stimulants...