Legal Mind/Cognitive Enhancing Drugs?

[edgar07]

I find pramiracetam to be the most effective racetam, its more expensive than others though. Go figure.

Oxiracetam's cognition enhancement is quite interesting for me, increased sense of colour, way improved depth perception, but no real increase in mental alertness. Similar to when I smoke weed (although more pronounced) except lacking all the typical cannabinoid mental effects.

Aniracetam is hit and miss to me depending which vendor I get it from, it's been very effective at increasing alertness and mood from one source, basically inactive from another :/

 

[belarki]

Choline itself, even that obtained from the diet, can cause a fishy odor due to it's partial metabolism to trimethylamine. I don't know if there is a way to avoid this. Chew lots of gum/use plenty of breath freshener?

And drink plenty of water, and brush your teeth after taking your nootropics/choline. I think it was phase dancer who said one in particular was pretty bad for your teeth and gums, possibly acetyle-L-carnitine? Not like any of them are particularly tasty anyway, I'm still yet to work my way through the piraetam I purchased half a decade ago >.<

I highly recommend you get your jellybeans from the pharmacy where they will be of a reliable quality. One time I bought them off the street and didn't check the bag, got home and they were all the black kind.

Black jelly beans are the best!!!

 

[pinkanga]

Yeah Im undecided on whether or not I like the increased mental narrative/dialogue that I seem to get from taking nootropics. Sometimes I hate it and other times I find it helpful (depending on what Im doing).

As a general rule Ive found that the best mental state to be in for doing cognitively challenging tasks is when you are totally in the moment with zero anxiousness/nervousness. Thought is generally free-flowing and almost entirely conceptual with almost zero internal chatter (aside from any self-talk associated with the task at hand). When Im in this state its almost like theres no filter between my ideas and cognitive functioning in general. I find I can get into this state pretty easily after taking some speed/stim/dexies/whatever.... half an hour or so after taking it if I was already doing some sort of tough word or number puzzle that was engaging and mentally stimulating, as I feel the adrenalin start to surge through my body my focus and absorption are basically max'd out. If the puzzle has hooked me I can usually sit there for 3-4hrs just totally absorbed and un-distracted... its a pretty awesome feeling.