I sleep 10 hours a night but still need to nap constantly during the day. Even 400 mg of caffeine doesn't buzz me, it just makes me feel 70% close to my normal, high energy 20s self. My daytime fatigue is so severe I've been mistaken for being drunk (even though I don't drink), and I experience a dream like brain fog around friends unless I use caffeine pills to seem present.
I know this is part of normal aging for a woman in her 30s, but it's frustrating to constantly need naps when I haven't even done anything. Sometimes you just have to biohack. Still, I feel a bit jealous of how men age differently and seem to keep loads of energy.
I don't have caffeine all the time. I only take it when I'm going to go out with friends or with my boyfriend so I'm fully lucid. I might end up switching to Adderall since I've heard that's a lot stronger than caffeine is.
To go against the grain of the other commenters, I'm not a woman but I have similar issues with tiredness, and prescribed stimulants have dramatically improved my life over the past ~15 years.
None of them are risk free, if you have short term memory issues like me which seems plausible, it's easy to forget if you took the afternoon adderall.
Vyvanse/Elvanse etc are wonderful because you can just take it once in the morning and no rollercoaster. The downside is for me at least, it's hard on the stomach until you get acclimated.
I don't seem prone to misusing it now that I have gotten a good routine but it's definitely a risk and I know many people who used it to cure boredom or avoid sleeping. That is a bad path and you don't see it until too late.
It can be a lifesaver if you use it correctly.
Please, don't. If you don't have a direct doctor's recommendation, any "I think I will start using drugs because I think I will feel better" is just wrong
As someone that takes adderall (prescribed ofc), I would recommend not taking it to stay awake. It's not an over-the-counter medication for a reason.