Amphetamine is officially more dangerous than modafinil (for good reason), but doctors actually respond worse to patients asking for modafinil than asking for amphetamine because it's weird. The easiest way to get modafinil is probably to start with amphetamine and later ask for modafinil because it's weaker and safer.
That's... pretty goofy. I would hope sleep specialists, at least, would tend to reach for modafinil before amphetamines.
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