Comment · Fri, April 12, 2013 · Ceretropic
Hey r/Nootropics, we are two neuroscience grad students looking for your suggestions on an upcoming project.
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Cerebrosaur · 45 points
As the title says, we are two neuroscientists looking for some advice on a project we are undertaking. We find drugs fascinating, so we are starting a blog about drugs for people that love drugs too.
We will be scouring journals and reporting on any interesting research we come across. We hope to break down papers so they're easy to understand while still keeping it intellectually stimulating.
We're curious what topics you would like to hear about, and if you have any suggestions for us we would love to hear them!
Edit: Thanks everyone for all the great ideas and suggestions. We are moving ahead with the blog, and once we have it up and running we'll be back here to let you all know. We'll be continuing to check on this thread, so feel free to continue discussing! If I get some free time (trying to wrap up thesis ATM, reddit is not conducive to that) I'll try and come back to address some questions people had.
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Cerebrosaur · 1 points
That's an intense stack! How long have you been taking these supplements, and how long did it take you to tease out a good balance for everything (I'm sure you are still constantly tweaking it as you go).
I'm curious about this connection between piracetam and testosterone, a quick literary search for the two turned up nothing on pubmed. What are the reasons that you think piracetam is indirectly affecting your immune system through testosterone? I'd be interested in looking into this.
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · Ceretropic
I've been taking nootropics for a few years now. I literally change my stack all the time out of curiosity. This one has only been about 2 weeks.
The connection between piracetam is anecdotal. Every time I introduce piracetam back into my stack, I get sick withing a week or two. There are a bunch of other people on Longecity that report the same thing happening. Also, the last blood test I had done showed a low white blood cell count. It was also when I was taking piracetam. Nothing is proven, but it keeps happening over and over, so it's hard to overlook the correlation.