Comment · Sun, December 2, 2012 · Ceretropic
Hypomanic modafinil rebound
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MisterYouAreSoDumb · 3 points
I had a very interesting interaction a couple days ago. I had been taking 75mg D-modafinil every day for 5 days, while ceasing my caffeine supplementation. I got back home from Thanksgiving in Colorado, and decided to drop the modafinil and return to my normal stack.
In the morning I took:
200mg caffeine
10mg noopept
500mg bacopa
120mg ginkgo
500mg ALCAR
150mg Na-R-ALA
200mg magnesium glycinate
200mg EGCG
500mg quercetin
sublingual B complex
1,600mg piracetam
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Well this resulted in a first class ticket to hypomaniaville! It must have been a rebound effect from adding caffeine back in with the residual effects from the modafinil. I am pretty certain it has something do do with modafinil's induction of certain CYP450 enzymes. It was not unpleasant, and I was fully aware of what was going on. In fact, it was extremely enjoyable. I had dopamine/serotonin tingles shooting through my head all day long. It literally felt like I had taken MDMA. The next day I kept my stack exactly the same, but it did not lead to the same result. It worked, but more from a focused standpoint.
Anybody else have a similar effect from modafi…
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HiyaGeorgie · 1 points
Have you considered cycling noopept? I find that it works pretty well for a couple months or so but eventually I stop "feeling" the effect and that pretty much tells me I should just give it a rest. I'm currently taking a month off. In the past I took a short break and it brought back the magic. It's nice we have many choices of nootropics so we can cycle things around to keep the body guessing and preventing tolerance.
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · Ceretropic
I've been doing the 3 week on, 1 week off, thing. I agree, there is that little feeling inside you that tells you to take a rest. In fact, that usually causes a day of hypomania after I stop. It's like my body is happy that it's getting a rest, and I just feel awesome all day.