By "brain dead", I meant that I had difficulty focusing, and felt somewhat sedated. But then, I take so many drugs now that it's hard to really know which are doing what.

I mean, I could have increased the modafinil dose. But it was easy enough to take hydroxychloroquin at night, and naproxen in the morning. And hopefully my kidneys will be happier, even if my retinas etc are more at risk.