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#22Earlier quoted context omitted.
> you branch out into untested army drugs when you take modafinil. What on earth are you talking about? Modafinil is very much _not_ an "untested army drug". It's pretty well-studied, approved for use by the FDA, and available for sale (with prescription) under multiple names in the US, and by prescription with no other legal restrictions in most other countries. It has a freaking WebMD page[1]! [1] http://www.webmd.…
I totally thought it was untested back when I did it, though that was 6 years ago. And one of the few things I read about it in terms of studies was its effects on army pilots during 12+ hour training sessions here: http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA533725 , hence why I thought it was an army drug. Learned something new today.
They used to give air force pilots dextroamphetamine for long flights but recently decided to make a switch to Modafinil
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#23Pretty impressive work. I personally use nicotine gum (as does President Obama, a health nut) as I'm allergic to caffeine. I have used melatonin in the past, though given this I will use it more now. The key I find is to only use them when you have already outlined in a detailed way a significant set of tasks that need to be performed or a particularly critical meeting where you already have a very strong background.…
I don't know if I'd call President Obama a health nut; maybe Michelle, but not sure about Barack, unless he quit smoking and switched permanently to the gum.
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#24I see a lot of dense experimental designs on this page - is any of this abstracted into a simple tool/methodology for use for self-testing (I've noticed some big differences when taking Vitamin D (I'm usually deficient), B-Complexes, etc but don't have a great way to isolate/correlate especially against other factors like sleep or travel...
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#25personal experience with add meds and the like: there is no such thing as a free lunch. could be different for other people, but i would always pay the piper in the end.
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#26Pretty impressive work. I personally use nicotine gum (as does President Obama, a health nut) as I'm allergic to caffeine. I have used melatonin in the past, though given this I will use it more now. The key I find is to only use them when you have already outlined in a detailed way a significant set of tasks that need to be performed or a particularly critical meeting where you already have a very strong background.…
I don't know if I'd call President Obama a health nut; maybe Michelle, but not sure about Barack, unless he quit smoking and switched permanently to the gum.
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#27Pretty impressive work. I personally use nicotine gum (as does President Obama, a health nut) as I'm allergic to caffeine. I have used melatonin in the past, though given this I will use it more now. The key I find is to only use them when you have already outlined in a detailed way a significant set of tasks that need to be performed or a particularly critical meeting where you already have a very strong background.…
I don't know if I'd call President Obama a health nut; maybe Michelle, but not sure about Barack, unless he quit smoking and switched permanently to the gum.
Nicotine gum is awful for your teeth and gums, and there's a lot of anecdotal evidence that it thins out hair.
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#28Does anyone else think this shit is totally bat shit crazy?
I may be of the minority here but I am definitely not the minority in the real world.
If you care about health why not exercise and eat healthy and never take any type of drug for any reason unless you are sick.
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#29Did he perform all these experiments on himself?
It's hard to conduct these experiments with a population of 1 and no control group.
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#30Shoutout to examine.com which aggregates and assesses research studies for nootropics and other supplements