Comment · Sun, February 9, 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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simen · 1 points
And please don't insinuate that depressed people are insane. Nobody is calling OP insane. That word should never be used around someone that has caused self harm or attempted suicide.
You know, I had a long response. But I decided it's too emotional for me to get into. Wouldn't be a constructive conversation. I just want to clarify that I never called depressed people insane. I specifically called the sort of episode OP experienced insane. It did not follow the typical course of a depressive episode.
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · Ceretropic
I get emotionally invested in the subject of depression as well. I just want to make sure that OP gets any help he needs before it is too late. You are right, this is not a typical reaction. However, I think it is prudent that he speak to someone about it just in case. Hopefully it is a one time fluke incident that will never happen again.