Comment · Fri, September 20, 2013 · Ceretropic
Simple supplements changing my life, how to start with the basics (Nootropics).
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370921A · 118 points
Hello all!
This post is about my research and personal journey into Nootropics. The first section is mostly about my take aways after doing a lot of reading/research, and the second section is about my personal usage and effects.
To give some background... I became highly interested in Nootropics about 3 weeks ago, I'm getting ready to start an extremely challenging school and wanted to see what I could do externally to enhance my academic performance. After discovering the world of Nootropics, I immediately started absorbing everything I could get my hands on about the topic: Wikipedia articles, scientific studies, reddit posts, IRC chats, Erowid, online forums, Gwern's website (gwern.net), youtube videos, online market places (amazon comments), etc,. All of that research culminated into very few certainties about the sometimes muddled world of nootropics.
+ 1. Everyone's different; what works for one person may not work for you. Experience stories vary widely, drug sensitivity (dosage) can differ greatly for desired effects, etc,. Although there is some agreement on what effects certain Nootropics will cause, effects can be godsend perfect for some and terrible for others…
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[deleted] · 2 points
It's such a counter intuitive thing though. If you take less it still works and you feel less groggy the next day.
The OTC ones are usually in 1/3/5/10mg measurements and IIRC the prescription ones in the EU are 2 mg*. Yet the less is more argument is something you will only find by digging and probably something most users of melatonin have no idea of.
(*Melatonin and Piracetam are both prescription only but are fine to import into most EU countries,you can buy it by the 25kg drum and no one would care. You just can't sell it unless licensed Pharmacist to someone with a valid script)
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · Ceretropic
Did you see my post on why that is?