Comment · Sat, February 8, 2014 · Ceretropic
Depressive effects from phenylpiracetam
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Notlambda · 2 points
I've taken phenylpiracetam with citi-choline a few times, and the effects were amazing. Verbal fluency went way through the roof, and I was able to understand concepts easily. I was called a genius multiple times while using it, and helped my co-workers through some hard coding problems with ease. Definitely not placebo. Definitely a different ball game than modafinil. I wish I could always use it, but I've heard that tolerance develops very quickly.
So far I've always taken it first thing in the morning around 8:00 AM. The effects kick in after about 30 minutes, and they last virtually all day, until around 6:00 PM, when I crash HARD.
Around 6:00 PM I find my cognitive abilities have returned to average levels, but I become ridiculously sad to the point of suicidal attempts. I cut myself with a knife while on the stuff, and went out to the street trying to throw myself into heavy traffic.
I'm not usually like that at all.
After the first day I searched the Internet for phenylpiracetam side-effects, but nobody had listed depression as a problem. I stopped the phenylpiracetam and went straight citi-choline, and the depression went away, so it wasn't the choline causing the…
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Notlambda · 4 points
I can see simen's point, but what you're saying actually makes a lot of sense. The phenylpiracetam seemed to actually enhance a depression rather than create one.
My co-workers have mentioned I've seemed way off (no smiling, no talking) the past few months.
I'll keep an eye on my emotional levels and mention it next time I'm at the doc's. Thanks for the suggestions.
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · Ceretropic
Please speak to someone. You need to be able to deal with depressive feelings when they happen, because they are a common occurrence for many people. I don't want you to just blame the phenylpiracetam and go on without addressing it, because what happens when you take something else down the line and the feelings come back? What happens if someone is not around and you go through with a suicide attempt? At that point the drug is irrelevant.You have to be in control of your actions at all times.
I've been through depression. It is a very difficult thing to go through. But there are a lot of resources out there to help you through it. Good luck!