I've used pircacetam before.
I read about how it was developed as alzheimers treatment. It improves connections between the corpus collosum.
Just a few posts ago I talked about it. I'm pretty sure I'm more balanced now that both halves of my brain are better connected. This is a problem men suffer from, especially those with aspergers, like myself. Not much communication between different parts of the brain. Means you can get some really smart thinkings done, and I don't know anyone that's better than me at fixing things. But it's not good for empathy.
To this day I'm unable to fathom why people do things. I don't think I'll ever have much empathy. But I have compassion. I don't want people to suffer, and I don't like careless and malicious actions that cause people suffering.
Anyway, back to piracetam. The reccomended dose is 3 grams a day, which I didn't do as it felt too speedy. A gram a day was fine for me. Combining it with cannabis made some really pretty oev's and visual warping. I think it gave me temporary tunnel vision.
Now, I've said before I'd do it again, if I had the money, but I'm wary of chemicals that are not common. Cannabis has been used by billions of people since before history, and to a lesser extent, ayahuasca, mushrooms, cactus and salvia.
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Piracetam is definitely benign.. Hippies, haha.
Choline A regular source of choline is highly reccomended to reap the benefits without side effects. Not having an adequate amount of choline while taking racetams can result in headaches or brain fog, a term used to describe the sense of confusion or mild dissasociation you might feel if the ratio is wrong. Even having a choline source, you may still have incidences of this, know that it's only temporary. The U curve theory of supplementing any drug into your diet means too much will result in a hinderance, and too low won't be noticable. Finding that balance is crucial before judging the value of their use. Eggs are commonly cited to have the highest quantities of natural choline in our regular diet. However, simply taking doses you can directly measure, is sensible for long term daily use.
Choline bitartrate is the first form I tried. I don't have anything too memorable to note, but it seemed to cover and be effective in coadministration with piracetam, as an aid to the effects of pirace and eliminating side effects. Low perception of measurable change when I took it alone, I think I remember it reducing fatigue, not in any way stimulatory, though. It happens to be cheap, but inferior to other forms. That said It's still effective and far better than nothing.
CDP-Choline, or Citicoline I have found to be quite powerful and as a stand-alone, can produce signifigant effects. Supposedly it increases dopamine receptor sensitivities, and it honestly feels like it. It's linked to helping control ADD. Too much by itself can result in depersonalization, but dosed appropriately has been a wonderful compliment to, and synergistic with racetams. Anecdotally I consider it the most potent, It can deliver some negative side-effects to be aware of but only in high, incorrect dosing.
Alpha-GPC: I have no direct experience yet but have it on the way. (To be edited)
Piracetam
Piracetam is the benchmark and point of reference, because it's the most widely used and has a larger amount of scientific research concerning it than the racetams and nootropics that have a shorter history of use, awaiting more cumulative, reuputable research on their effects. It is This is what I started with and what everybody should start with. It will give you a barometer on your susceptibility to their effects along with a measurable awareness of your individual tolerance.
First of all it tastes bitter and completely off-putting. I got a lifetime supply of size 0 and 00 capsules so I never have to taste it again. I am drawing a fuzzy idea of how I can objectively describe this one, since it's been so long since I was using it as my only racetam. I remember particularly feeling changes in my vision, it becomes clearer, increasingly defined through edges, color saturation. Glassy eyed, like the immediate onset of an opiate. Mood lift, percieved higher efficiency of hearing or dextrous ability, but nothing I can positively seperate from placebo.
It's the least expensive, most available and as far as I know the most well researched. Being water soluble it is inherently easier to metabolize than aniracetam, which is lipid-soluble. The half-life of piracetam is estimated at 6-8 hours.
Aniracetam
This is the second one I tried. It's been suggested that your body being familiar with piracetam before beginning the use of any others is a good primer to know what to expect, what to look for and maybe a physiological part of it, like a part of your brain is awakened and more savvy to related chemicals you may throw at it. Speculatory, but It seemed to help me understand aniracetam more.
Ani, so far has shown itself in a way that I would consider the highest medicinal/therepeutic value. Oddly, It is comparatively a more subtle effect on your immediate conscious, I want to use the phrase "Working behind the scenes". Along with being skeptical and only allowing myself to be convinced of any feeling or effect after becoming aware of repeatedly after several weeks time, the anxiolytic quality of Aniracetam was a claim I took with a grain of salt, because nothing else had worked before to mitigate the high level of stress/anxiety I'm prone to at any given moment. I can say with certainty it drastically helped, after it came to me during moments of contented stillness:
"Why aren't I worrying?"
Now I never knew what the causes were for my issues with anxiety and stress were, just that they were always there. They are still there if I stop supplementing. Healthy risk assesment is still totally intact and engaged, but the compulsion to turn my idle focus to negativity has been pinched at the source, with little effort. Knowing it is wrong and absolutely nonsensical to feel depression from rumination or stress doesn't last very long as a solution. Wondering why I seemed to be going through my first recent encounter with feeling content without punishing myself through worry from analyzing every detail was an eye-opener.
Unfortunately the half life is reported to be only 2 hours. This doesn't mean the effects become nil after that amount of time, for I feel the undercurrent of the aniracetam in my system doing it's thing for at least a few hours. Constant use is required in my case for it to have a lasting hold on my anxiety disorders. I ran out for a short time, and while I waited for the replacement (180g) to come, I felt my mind was more hyperactive, returning to the old ways of obsessing on uncertainty and it having a bad effect on my mood. Ani makes me grounded, feeling at peace and effortlessly sizing up situations and keeping my psyche void of deeply depressing, pointless activity. It's unique from the other's I've tried (Only 3) because of the anxiolytic qualities and not being water soluble. You need to take it along with foods high in fats.
Others report, commonly that aniracetam enhances vision, and on a different note can cause tiredness. I don't want to include these above because I personally haven't felt either of these to be true in my case. Without discounting, because I want to lean toward Ani being much more of a HELP than a hinderance in vision, but can't say in interest of staying objective when there is any doubt.
Oxiracetam
My most recent acquisition, Oxiracetam has been the most noticable in effects by far. I can confirm it is very potent, and being water soluble again has the benefit being easy for you to absorb the drug. First thing, it is the most speedy feeling of the three. I don't want to draw any paralells between true stimulants and something like oxi because it just isn't the same. It has had a tendency to alter different facets of hearing, the clear seperation of different noises, the clarity and definition, everything. Like replacing stock cables on a good sound system with high quality ones. Vision, more crisp definition of reality is improved. More than piracetam.
It will provide enhancement in most experience with external stimuli. I've found the reoccuring theme in Oxiracetam is having the power to clear up the static that exists between how you act on the impulses you recieve from triggering semantic memory, and the way they are applied into reality. The decision making process occurs much more by itself than critical conscious processing. I have a smaller chance of being overwhelmed by a task.
It already is that way, the body reacts and does all the work by itself after the mind has made a decision on what to do next. Pay attention, because it happens in real time constantly. Walking down the street, you just have the spatial awareness to have appropriate pacing, avoiding things you could trip over or stepping in dog shit. You won't have a conscious thought along the lines of this:
"Okay. When I get within 4 feet of that pile of steaming shit, I need to change the way I walk to avoid stepping in it. Oh fuck, there it is! Quick, move your foot ahead! 5 inches forward and 2 inches to the right!"
Because you weren't born yesterday. Every human and animal that's progressed beyond infancy has a vast amount of very specific, situational guidlines that they reference as an aid to understand every single event they encounter. I'm talking about subconscious, and the simple and constant atunement to that system. Oxiracetam, as I said, appears to reduce that static, metaphorically putting a magnifying glass on the mechanics of your reaction. The stuff you know you can already do becomes easier. For me, this opens a window to let a fresh intake of a more specific awareness of things I may have not noticed before. It feels like a more rapid rate of information processing, and considerably easing the active participation to a degree.
Precisely what I just described above is the reason I find it the most potent, yet I still consider Aniracetam the most useful. I suspect the speedy quality goes along with that attention to detail. It's not always necessary to be so in-tune with reality because I have most often had a lowered sense of self, becoming more robotic. Again, not drastically but it can reduce your personality in exchange for detail of awareness. In contrast to Ani, I can personally report no real positive effect on anxiety. They might even compound it. You can still find a balance or make use of that characteristic only for things like learing, tests, studying. This is a very good nootropic.
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