Comment · Mon, September 16, 2013
If using drugs makes your life objectively better, is that addiction, or just an intelligent decision?
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I started taking stimulants 3 years ago, at age 24. I had finally sought psychiatric help for my depression several months prior. SSRIs, anti-psychotics, mood stabilizers, etc., all the usually first line crap, made me feel worse or did nothing to fix the problems that had always plagued me since I was about 12 years old, and had grown worse in the years since.
I was your classic depressive. Not the melancholy, over-sensitive, weep softly depressive. I was the lethargic depressive, who slept excessively, had trouble paying attention or putting forth effort most of the time, and was generally just a lazy person. I never really liked anything that much, and didn't understand why people would get so worked up over anything- music, politics, school, work....
I was, however, capable of extraordinary things when I was excited and engaged, or simply afraid. If I could get some adrenaline going, I was a brilliant, hard-working, caring person. But that was about 1% of the time. The rest of the time I was sleeping all day, playing video games, working menial jobs, and generally making my family bemoan what a waste of talent I was.
I tried adderall for the first time when I was 2…
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AllUrMemes · 2 points
I've used arginine previously to combat, erm, shall we say, vasoconstriction of the extremities. How does it protect cardiac muscles? By dilating them?
I've also thought about trying ketamine once to see if that has any effect.
I take a magnesium supplement as part of my multi-vitamin. I probably get 200% or so of the RDA. Do I need mega doses or is that sufficient?
The energy production stuff you mention.... I'm not sure if I believe in its efficacy, at least for me. I've used creatine many times for workout regimens and never noticed any benefits other than larger muscle volume...
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb
The arginine is more for the vasoconstriction. The taurine is for the cardiac muscles. It prevents ischemia, and modulates ion channels.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306362397003091
Magnesium is usually not very bioavailable. Most supplements use oxide. You need a better one like glycinate or L-threonate to really get brain magnesium levels higher.
The creatine is only useful if it is transported into the cells that need it. That is where the ALCAR and CoQ10 come into play. It's not as simple as: increase creatine, increase energy. It's simply the raw material for ATP. You need to get it to the right place for it to be useful.
Have you been to /r/Nootropics?