Comment · Thu, April 18, 2013 · Ceretropic
Nootropics and Libido
Original post in this thread
methylator · 30 points
One month ago, I cycled off of everything I was using to re-establish my baseline. Last Monday, I started back up on piracetam (2.0g), citicoline (0.5g), and sulbutiamine (100mg ever other day). I didn't realize it until now, but in the three weeks I was off nootropics, I hadn't masturbated at all. I'm almost certain that there is a direct correlation between the cycling and my depressed libido, because there's a three week gap in the log I've been keeping to track my sexual activity (among other things) that lines up with my three weeks off everything. Is there any research to support such a conclusion, or does anyone else have similar findings? I realize this might be an awkward subject, but in the interest of science I'm withholding my reservations.
On a similar note, is there anything that downregulates your libido? I get a lot more work done when my brain isn't ogling everything female in the room I'm in.
PS: In regards to not realizing I hadn't masturbated in 3 weeks, it seems, according to my log, that I simply "forgot". Somehow, the desire to masturbate was absent, and I was blissfully unaware of its absence, else I would have been a little worried. It perturbs me as to…
What they were answering
Ultmaster · 1 points
uhm, now you're the one coming to quick conclusions. You just listed 10+ drugs you stack, and it's the last two that affected you? Not all symptoms show up right away.
Also besides the drugs, did you eat anything uncooked/undercooked while over in India? India doesn't seem like the cleanest place and I myself has gotten the stomach bug/various flus while traveling abroad. I just chalk it up to different bacteria and flora in different environments.
either way it's probably best to drop all stacking until you get better. Best of luck guy!
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · Ceretropic
This has been 3 years of trial and error. I am not jumping to conclusions. It's finally gotten to the point where I am going to a specialist to address it. Trust me, I have been researching and testing my postulations for years on this. I am finally admitting that I need some help to figure this thing out.
That is not my stack. Those are just some of the substances I have trialed over the last few years. I don't take them all together.
A lung infection will not happen due to undercooked food. I did have a stomach problem while there, but that took a back seat to the respiratory issues. I know my body, and something changed after that India trip. I have been trying to figure it out ever since. My immune system is shit without any supplementation. However, racetams definitely deplete it more than my already low baseline. After years of this, I know what is going to set it off. Of course this is all anecdotal, but it's too correlated to be unrelated.
Thanks for the concern, though! I admit that it's time for the specialists to help me figure it out.