emkee_reinvented
Bluelighter
PTSD/ or plain chronic stress is also related to shrinkage of the Hippocampus and as result also effects the Amygdala. On NCBI I found n-Acetyl-Carnitine had neurogenesic effects on these region's.Nootropics for the brain can help regenerate some of the atrophied tissues. For example, I had severe PTSD in my twenties that I used ketamine to fix. I wrote a whole thread about it here on BL. PTSD is associated with atrophy of synapses in the prefrontal cortex, specifically those with NMDA receptors. These are partially associated with memory. Ketamine therapy ended my PTSD type anxiety and memory problems associated with it.
I'm not saying ketamine will fix the entire brain, but it's one example of how a drug can be used as a nootropic to heal the brain and in turn the mind.
The -racetams and hydergine seem to help with that too. I have used both. Also heavy exercise. Ever since I started heavy weightlifting, bodybuilding, and using creatine, my cognitive capacity has shot up quite noticeably.
Much eassier to get as Ket.
Magnesium Bis-Glycinate and Taurate also seem usefull. Magnesium for the NMDA receptor's and Glycine and/ or Taurine as bonus inhibitory neurotransmitter's, and transporting it across the BBB.
-Racetam's seem ok, excluding Levetiracetam an horrible anti Epileptic med (third line treatment). With lots of side effect's (nightmare's, insomnia and overday Kepprage) and it offered me no protection from getting another seizure. They started me on that garbage.