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More Nootropics: Racetams and Glycinergics

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Re: More Nootropics: Racetams and Glycinergics

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Anyone use nootropics and want to share their usage/experience?

I take noopept 20mg daily sublingually or orally, and occasionally modafinil.

Modafinil works really well for me (300/400mg keeping me awake and FOCUSED but not buzzing/twitchy) but worked poorly for my brother (no noticeable effect at similar dosage).

Since taking noopept I have noticed more of a willingness and now desire to learn, something which was an issue in my past. It also seems to help me work for prolonged periods of time without getting burnt out. (anecdotal, could well be placebo effect but it works for me!) Feel free to ask me anything.

Re: More Nootropics: Racetams and Glycinergics

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Anyone use nootropics and want to share their usage/experience?

I used to take piracetam 800 mg daily, apparently a low dose. I now take noopept, 20 mg daily.

I notice the texture of things more, and I constantly have a need to look at everything in my vicinity. It's not distracting however, and really helps with technical tasks.

Re: More Nootropics: Racetams and Glycinergics

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Anyone use nootropics and want to share their usage/experience?

I take Nootropil, 3200mg daily to help combat hypoxia damage from a bad habit I picked up about 20 years ago (smoking =). I can't say there are any noticeable effects of doing so that I wouldn't call placebo effects.

I used to take a much larger, and more structured regimen, and found it very difficult to keep everything balanced, some things increased the consumption of ACH so much that I had to start taking choline supplements, but if I screwed up my timing/doses, I'd hit nasty lows from too much choline intake. I gave up on it, as the only noticeable difference I had from the regimen was a more difficult job of timing, having to have a lot of pills around, etc.

I stick with nootropil due to its well-established safety, and minimal impact on overall chemical balance.

Re: More Nootropics: Racetams and Glycinergics

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There is one really awesome supplement that is often overlooked. (Neuroscience is one of my main side-interests and apparently I've been living under a rock in regards to L-Theanine. Well studied, It has a very good safety profile, with no apparent side-effects even in high dosage. It's the reason why I've switched from coffee to green tea.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21040626

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18641209

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18296328

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22214254

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16930802

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23395732

Re: More Nootropics: Racetams and Glycinergics

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Modafinil works great, racetams while they do something, I didn't observe some effect that would be specifically desirable. It's not that they don't have effect, just that they seem overhyped.

DMAE for example (if I got letters right), if you take it before sleep, it gives you vivid dreams, since it was suppose to help with generation of neural links, then, this would explain effect.

I am still looking and trying to find things that would be helpful without detrimental effects. I should note that anything like adderal I didn't try and don't intend to.

Re: More Nootropics: Racetams and Glycinergics

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Anyone use nootropics and want to share their usage/experience?

I took around 2g piracetam daily for a few weeks back in '09. I remember a general improvement in my mental visualization ability, dream recall and that's about it. There is no change in consciousness nor alertness (a theme I was curious about when I dabbled in the substance).

I stopped taking that because obtaining it OTC where I live is kind of hit and miss. The drug requires a prescription (generally to treat degenerative conditions common in the elderly) and some pharmacists are more hardline in that respect.

In hindsight, given it's a relatively recent compound and there's so little research on it, I guess it's for the best. I wonder if my "experiments" can have a negative impact in my health, especially my mental health; I hope the estimates regarding the safety of piracetam turn out to be correct.

Re: More Nootropics: Racetams and Glycinergics

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Anyone use nootropics and want to share their usage/experience?

I take, daily, 100mg Caffeine, 200mg of L-Theanine (as Suntheanine), and 500mg of Rhodiola Rosea (3.6% rosavin 18mg, 0.9% salidrosides 4.5mg).

This is a fairly effective regimen, for me, for combating fatigue and maintaining focus. I simply keep a bottle of Suntheanine and another of Rhodiola Rosea at my desk and eat them with my morning water or tea. I haven't done any rigorous testing to prove to myself that these things are helping, but I am certainly convinced that they do.

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