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MEGA - Studying, Exams, Stress, and coping with them

during the regular school year last semester and the one before it I binged on focalin and adderall almost every night, or every other night. I stayed up days at a time and got A's in my classes and did some great work. I want to function more conventionally this semester.
 
When dancing with classical stimulants, one must use sober, careful, methodical scrutiny to discern whether they actually effect increased productivity or merely the perception thereof.

ebola
 
Don't forget Modafinil! I know it's not quite as big as amphetamines/methylphenidate, but I think it has a new place in the performance-enhancing area, especially since it lacks euphoria, and is pretty much only useful for keeping you awake.

Recently I've thought about trying to obtain some amphetamines or methylphenidate for studying, just to see if it could have any potential use for me. For the most part though, I think I don't have enough work for it to be worth it, i.e. I would finish all my work in an hour or 2, and then spend the rest of the time cleaning my room meticulously.

I don't think using them is wrong in any way. People will have different access private tutoring, more materials, and different levels of personal motivation/support, but that doesn't make any of those unethical. Besides, over-use of stimulants will bring out the negative effects, as well as the dependence issues, so it has a limit of its usefulness.
 
Shit, if we're counting piracetam you might as well just link to nootropics in general.

edit - Thought I'd start things off by posting my current stack.
I wake up most days with
800mg piracetam
2g fish oil
200mg DMAE
1 potent multivitamin/multimineral
1 cup green tea
1 bowl of cannabis(optional for you)
This simple formula has done wonders for my mental clarity, motivation, and just general state of mind. Of course I also need to be aware of my diet and excersize daily but when I get it all right, there's nothing like it =D
Looking to introduce L-theanine and L-phenylalanine in a week or so and see what changes. Who else uses nootropics and how have they helped you?

I wanna stress that nootropics are relatively new and we dont know how most of them do what they do. So please use caution when combining nootropics and recreational drugs and medications. In fact I firmly believe that nootropics don't really realize their potential if the person using them also uses drugs or otherwise abuses their body(bad diet, no excersize, etc.)
 
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Sturnam said:
Don't forget Modafinil! I know it's not quite as big as amphetamines/methylphenidate, but I think it has a new place in the performance-enhancing area, especially since it lacks euphoria, and is pretty much only useful for keeping you awake.
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I've been taking Focalin and Adderall for about a year now and recently deleted my Adderall dealer from my phone and informed my doctor that I would no longer be taking Focalin. I told her that I wanted to switch to modafinil for the time being; we’ll see how that plays out, considering my large work-load from school. I’ve been on Provigil before, but never in this kind of situation. At one point I read three Shakespeare plays in three days on Provigil; I'm hoping for similar effects this time ;)
 
Hey all, I have some homework to do, and I'm extremely distracted where I'm at right now, (back home for the weekend).
What would you suggest in how to get away from all the external and internal distractions?
 
^I found one, there's lots of spiders there. so I spray she man spider spray on me, so they don't try to bite me, they just try to make love to me.

So I'm going 2 wait till i get back to school tomorrow.
(dorms)
 
I'm the worst student I have known.

It's as though I have to fight myself every step of the way not to just blow the whole thing off and ignore all deadlines and bulletins. I've always been this way. A few weeks catch-up on work neglected for months when absolutely necessary.

My mind wanders a lot when I study.
 
I have found classical stimulants to be major LIARS, leading one to views one's efforts as more productive and insightful while leaving the actual quantity and quality of output pretty much unchanged.

Piracetam + acetylcholine precursors do fuck all for me in vivo.

Modafinil feels pretty damned close to having gotten more rest the night before. It's very subtle if I'm well rested though.

Regular aerobic exercise does wonders stabilizing mood and motivation. Couple this with regular, ample sleep and a good diet, and most people will be able to hang.

ebola
 
I can't get prescribed any of that stuff-nor do I wish to overpay for it. I'll stick to coffee, regular exercise, decent sleep. Yeah, like the dude above me said.
 
Caffeine combined with ginko biloba is as deep as I roll these days. Anything bigger is tweaky and distracting. You think you are doing a great job, but its really just ok. However, if you just need to crank out a 24 hours of busy work, amphetamines can be the ticket. The real danger with them is prolonged use, which makes you go literally crazy. I've seen it happen many times.
 
As a former amphetamine HCL (ab)user in grad school, and a person who chose them over coffee not least because coffee gave him a serious case of "the jitters," I can say that now that I am sober, I LOVE 5 Hour Energy. It's such a great alternative to coffees, teas or brand-name energy drinks. I was skeptical at first, but now I drink these little boys on a daily basis. Also, I've noticed keeping up on daily vitamins and a solid complex of ammino acids has done wonders for how "alert" I naturally feel.
 
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I've encountered modafinil, methamphetamine, d-amphetamine, dl-amphetamine, methylphenidate, ephedrine and caffeine as performance enhancing drugs in the military in various places and times. (not all from the same country, some came from other forces while conducting joint operations)

The amphetamines tended to be the best and most effective. Oh, I seen methcathinone used by RUS forces once...as a performance enhancer, not a recreational drug.
 
^ Methcathinone seems like a pretty bad choice. That's interesting.

I may have to pull your answer if you say to much, but broadly speaking are we talking about soldiers obtaining the drugs on their own, or actual illegal drug use being bankrolled by the military? Or like liberal script pads by military doctors for this intended purpose?
 
I.
Yes
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Yes
III.
Kansas. Eck! I know.

1. Have you ever used any of these drugs: cocaine, Ritalin (or generics), Adderall (or generics), Focalin, Dexedrine or another form of dextro-amp such as Vyvanse, or methamphetamine (street dope, called crank, zip, tweak, etc).
Yes, I have commonly used all those mentioned above. I abhor cocaine (sniffed, smoked or injected) and all forms of methylphenidate (which I find to be quite similiar to cocaine).
2. If yes, was it to give you a "push" through your studies and hard work? Or was it purely for fun (i.e. taking speed at a party for increased stamina).
Though I enjoy the euphoria of stimulants, I can not abide the crash, which feels no less than complete psychic rape to me. However, benzos and opiates are an easy remedy for this. Anymore I only use amphetamime or methamphetime as an aid in writing my novel, however, there was a brief period when I was quite transfixed by the rush of IV methamphetamine (an experience of singular and incomparable euphoria, provided of course the dope is good).
 
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