Limitless

[Public//Enemy]

After watching this movie it got me thinking.

what drug or combination of drugs could increase productivity well?

Dexmethylphenidate + piracetam + modafinil as a combination?

How does this sound? Would interactions be a problem? what other combinations could improve productivity and learning to extremes?

I put this in ADD due to wanting answers on a technical level not just superficial concepts.

Thanks.

 

[rakketakke]

Amphetamines.

 

[Public//Enemy]

Why? is it more effective than an NDRI on focus and memory retention? does it improve plasticity? is dopamine really the way to go?

I want more info than one word.

 

[sekio]

Any releasing agent or reuptake inhibitors are going to induce tolerance.

Honestly I think the best idea is modafinil or some other mild stimulant and a good diet and excercise. Maybe low doses of psychedelics like LSD or the NBOMes.

 

[pharmakos]

doesn't the drug in limitless give him amazing powers of recall as well? something that tickles the 5ht2a receptor as well might help with that aspect...

 

[Psychedelic Jay]

Just like in the movie, using certain types of drugs for enhancement is playing with a double edge sword.

Depression, anxiety, paranoia, etc... All kinds of shit that is going to come about later, even while you have the drug in your system.

 

[negrogesic]

A nonsensical notion. I think I saw the trailer. If you were using 100% of your brain you would be in status epilepticus..........

There are drugs that do increase "productivity". There are no drugs that truly increase creative innovation, nor make an individual any "more" than they are. In the future, gene therapy/manipulation/engineering could potentially do this, but amphetamines do not make you smarter or "better". They will however, help you be "productive", working in a factory, doing repetitive tasks etc.

And of course, a drug that looks like a contact lens must be inherently advanced. Stupid film. I think in the trailer it briefly shows him gaining the ability to trade in the FOREX market, an ability that took me two full years of trial and error to learn, one that can never be mastered, but can be (after a nearly vertical learning curve), utilized for speculation and dare I say, arbitrage (the holy grail of traders). Interestingly, the few individual speculators who do well in this ultra-technical, high risk market are frequently physicians and chemists.......In a word, technical analysis, with the concurrent ability to "diagnose" the large fundamental picture.....I'll stop myself here..........