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Re: Ask HN: Do you use creatine as a brain supplement?

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Post by loxs »

45h34jh53k4j wrote: post #50
mrleinad wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks for this! Didn't know about Pramiracetam, and it seems I can get it online. I'm already taking Modafinil, so I might experiment with taking Pramiracetam as well, see if I can get an extra boost.

Give it a try! Do stack it with Alpha GPC, you will need a cholinergic compound with the racetam family or else you will get headaches.

Wow, I'm honestly impressed with the level of experimentation you are willing to do on yourself. Do you have good enough confidence/knowledge to be sure you will not damage yourself for the long term?

Re: Ask HN: Do you use creatine as a brain supplement?

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Post by bauer »

loxs wrote: post #51
45h34jh53k4j wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Give it a try! Do stack it with Alpha GPC, you will need a cholinergic compound with the racetam family or else you will get headaches.

Wow, I'm honestly impressed with the level of experimentation you are willing to do on yourself. Do you have good enough confidence/knowledge to be sure you will not damage yourself for the long term?

As far as nootropics go, his choices are on the conservative side. Racetams have a relatively good safety profile, and Choline is naturally found in common food.

Re: Ask HN: Do you use creatine as a brain supplement?

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Post by mrleinad »

mrleinad wrote: post #40
45h34jh53k4j wrote: post #26

My current nootropic stack is: * Pramiracetam 500mg * Alpha GPC 50% 600mg * Noopept 10mg * Agmatine Sulfate 500mg I am convinced that these chemicals work, improve mental ability, memory/recall and focus. Ive found myself able to handle more task simultaneously, even able to understand to multiple conflicting conversations. If you can handle the awful taste of Pramiracetam (its bad... probably the worst thing ive eve…

Thanks for this! Didn't know about Pramiracetam, and it seems I can get it online. I'm already taking Modafinil, so I might experiment with taking Pramiracetam as well, see if I can get an extra boost.

Really? Downvoting a comment because of something I might or might not do with my life?

Re: Ask HN: Do you use creatine as a brain supplement?

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Post by mrleinad »

loxs wrote: post #51
45h34jh53k4j wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Give it a try! Do stack it with Alpha GPC, you will need a cholinergic compound with the racetam family or else you will get headaches.

Wow, I'm honestly impressed with the level of experimentation you are willing to do on yourself. Do you have good enough confidence/knowledge to be sure you will not damage yourself for the long term?

Yes, I do.

Re: Ask HN: Do you use creatine as a brain supplement?

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Post by mkagenius »

k-mcgrady wrote: post #19
jmnicolas wrote: post #12

No creatine, but I'd like to profit of this occasion to tell people that suffer from allergies to try high doses (several grams 1) of vitamin C. This has been a life changer, I can now mow the lawn without symptoms where even with antihistamines it wasn't possible (last year my father had to do it for me). I'm sharing it here because I wish I knew about vitamin C 30 years ago. 1- buy it in bulk powder form this will…

Might as well jump in here with another approach (not suggesting yours doesn't work of coursE). Like you it sounds, I've been plagued by hayfever all my life (to the point where it's completely debilitating for a week or two each year and not as bad but still really bad for about 6-8 weeks total). Got fexofenadine this year for the first time (prescription in the UK, not OTC) and a couple of those per day has literal…

Yes, it helped me too. Unfortunately I discovered this so late. Now I do not take it regularly as my environment is mostly dust/allergen free now.

Re: Ask HN: Do you use creatine as a brain supplement?

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Post by extra88 »

bauer wrote: post #52
loxs wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wow, I'm honestly impressed with the level of experimentation you are willing to do on yourself. Do you have good enough confidence/knowledge to be sure you will not damage yourself for the long term?

As far as nootropics go, his choices are on the conservative side. Racetams have a relatively good safety profile, and Choline is naturally found in common food.

> naturally found in common food

Yes, but that doesn't mean the form found in supplements is the same. Also, "the dose makes the poison."

In the Nineties, Wired and Mondo 2000 were good for piquing interest in nootropics but as they didn't seem to catch on (aside from off-label use of pharmaceuticals like Adderall), I put them in the same mental bin as all supplements; not worth one's time except for individuals who have documented deficiencies.

Re: Ask HN: Do you use creatine as a brain supplement?

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Post by jmnicolas »

aphextron wrote: post #25
jmnicolas wrote: post #12

No creatine, but I'd like to profit of this occasion to tell people that suffer from allergies to try high doses (several grams 1) of vitamin C. This has been a life changer, I can now mow the lawn without symptoms where even with antihistamines it wasn't possible (last year my father had to do it for me). I'm sharing it here because I wish I knew about vitamin C 30 years ago. 1- buy it in bulk powder form this will…

There's absolutely zero evidence that taking more than 100% of your daily required amount of any vitamin is effective for anything. Your body simply cannot absorb or make use of it. What you've described may very well be a placebo effect. Take a daily supplement which ensures you are getting a sufficient amount, and nothing more. Anything beyond that is literally getting flushed down the toilet in your urine.

You're parroting the official medical position which has not been revised in decades. There's a lot of opinions on the web based on incomplete science. I read a lot about it, and in the end decided to try it.

Who cares if it's a placebo, as long as it works I'm taking it.

For the record, homeopathy did absolutely nothing for me, so I'm not sure I have much of a placebo gullible body ;-)

Re: Ask HN: Do you use creatine as a brain supplement?

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Post by jmnicolas »

empressplay wrote: post #13
jmnicolas wrote: post #12

No creatine, but I'd like to profit of this occasion to tell people that suffer from allergies to try high doses (several grams 1) of vitamin C. This has been a life changer, I can now mow the lawn without symptoms where even with antihistamines it wasn't possible (last year my father had to do it for me). I'm sharing it here because I wish I knew about vitamin C 30 years ago. 1- buy it in bulk powder form this will…

How high?

I could tell you but I'd rather you read about it and then make your own opinion. You will find anything and everything about vitamin C on the web : there's a lot of success stories of people that tried it and then some people that caution about some experiments in vitro that had some potential harmful effect.

But I didn't find (doesn't mean it doesn't exist) a single story about someone that had a problem with it. All the negativity is by people that didn't try.

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