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MountainDewJunkie
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States10344 Posts
March 23 2013 19:20 GMT
#101
All drugs have a price. Although if this can score you a scholarship and a great career or something like, then it's obviously worth it. But I don't buy any bullshit that advertises a pill as having "zero" long term side effects. Horseshit.
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SpiritAshura
Profile Joined March 2007
United States1271 Posts
March 23 2013 19:23 GMT
#102
On March 24 2013 04:16 ZackAttack wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 10 2013 12:56 FallDownMarigold wrote:
On March 10 2013 12:45 Aerisky wrote:
Yeah there doesn't seem to be much info on these and I'm really curious as to what they are, exactly... And yeah, obviously there's the idea of that kind of mental drug's affects... interesting though from what I know, I can't really buy into it.


I can say for certain that from that list of compounds, some of them are fairly well defined. Vasopressin for example, is a naturally occurring substance implicated in things like mood, sexual activity, social activity, etc. One of the things on the list is a drug used in treatment of Parkinson's.

I'm sure all of the things on the list do have effects on the brain, but if they were really that useful for boosting IQ points (lol?) or acting as "brain steroids", I think there would be pretty big incentive for a lot of studies into these effects, which just isn't the case. The spokesman dude says on his site:
I blog about how to be a more powerful entrepreneur and human by upgrading your biology at The Bulletproof Executive. I spent 15 years and $250,000 of my own money hacking my biology to gain an unfair advantage in business and life.

I upgraded my brain by >20 IQ points, lost 100lbs, got ripped and became an expert in mental performance, setting my career on fire. My advice has helped hundreds of people upgrade their careers and lives.

...really. Based on that he doesn't appear to know a damn thing about neuroscience, so I would not take advice from the guy on drugs for the brain


Hahaha. If anyone believes this spokesperson based on that, I also have one weird trick to loose weight, aguide on tricking women into sleeping with you, and a secret pill that will add 4 inches to your penis in 4 weeks.

Sounds legit, sign me up!
Pandemona *
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-25 13:11:19
March 25 2013 13:10 GMT
#103
Just thought id try this for a month. So i got myself some Iodine and B1 (Thirimine) multi vitamins to take once a day for a month. Will see how it goes xD

On March 10 2013 12:49 Plexa wrote:
When my brother was seriously interested in obtaining these I did a bit of research and stumbled across this site:
https://sites.google.com/site/thinkinginanutshell/nootropics

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Ten years ago I went on a quest to become an expert on coffee and to sample as many different ways of making it and as many different varieties that existed. I tried everything from the French Press to the Coffee Siphon, Hawaiian Kona to Jamaican Blue Mountain. But unsatisfied with mere coffee, I went on a quest to find out how to use chemicals to enhance my mind. It had its roots in old high-school days when I'd bring a sixpack of Jolt cola to a computer-programming marathon: cramming together study halls and lunch breaks in my senior year. The nootropics of that era were caffeine, sugar, cortisol, dopamine, epinephrine and norepineprhine, and the last four in that list were all natural hormones my body was making itself....

Very interesting overview of some of the major nootropics. It's also fairly responsible and lays out some of the potential harms of using them.


What Plexa linked here is a good read!
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anatase
Profile Joined May 2010
France532 Posts
March 25 2013 17:36 GMT
#104
So anyone tried Creatine ?

I see it being advertised as a muscle gain pill but I don't really care about this.

Any feedback ?
iloveav
Profile Joined November 2008
Poland1479 Posts
March 25 2013 19:56 GMT
#105
You guys want a real brain hack?
Enjoy your life.
The brain cannot tell reality from imagination.
Go back to your childhood by imagining things, and then enjoy the time that you have.
At work, at home, doing your loundry while you sign your favorite song with that awfull voice you have.

It sticks to your friends and family, and it atracks women, who cant understand why a "looser" like you can be so happy.

You dont need a drug, all you need, is a desire to be happy.
aka LRM)Cats_Paw.
ShcShc
Profile Joined October 2006
Canada912 Posts
March 25 2013 20:01 GMT
#106
On March 26 2013 02:36 anatase wrote:
So anyone tried Creatine ?

I see it being advertised as a muscle gain pill but I don't really care about this.

Any feedback ?


I do feel some clarity whenever I am speaking (or public speaking for that matter).
But creatine seems to be really subtle. You're just never sure if it is "working" or not
God DAJNFBGHSfIDSHUKLFHSGUIO! -Jinro
ShcShc
Profile Joined October 2006
Canada912 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-25 20:18:23
March 25 2013 20:07 GMT
#107
On March 24 2013 04:23 SpiritAshura wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 24 2013 04:16 ZackAttack wrote:
On March 10 2013 12:56 FallDownMarigold wrote:
On March 10 2013 12:45 Aerisky wrote:
Yeah there doesn't seem to be much info on these and I'm really curious as to what they are, exactly... And yeah, obviously there's the idea of that kind of mental drug's affects... interesting though from what I know, I can't really buy into it.


I can say for certain that from that list of compounds, some of them are fairly well defined. Vasopressin for example, is a naturally occurring substance implicated in things like mood, sexual activity, social activity, etc. One of the things on the list is a drug used in treatment of Parkinson's.

I'm sure all of the things on the list do have effects on the brain, but if they were really that useful for boosting IQ points (lol?) or acting as "brain steroids", I think there would be pretty big incentive for a lot of studies into these effects, which just isn't the case. The spokesman dude says on his site:
I blog about how to be a more powerful entrepreneur and human by upgrading your biology at The Bulletproof Executive. I spent 15 years and $250,000 of my own money hacking my biology to gain an unfair advantage in business and life.

I upgraded my brain by >20 IQ points, lost 100lbs, got ripped and became an expert in mental performance, setting my career on fire. My advice has helped hundreds of people upgrade their careers and lives.

...really. Based on that he doesn't appear to know a damn thing about neuroscience, so I would not take advice from the guy on drugs for the brain


Hahaha. If anyone believes this spokesperson based on that, I also have one weird trick to loose weight, aguide on tricking women into sleeping with you, and a secret pill that will add 4 inches to your penis in 4 weeks.

Sounds legit, sign me up!



What he wrote is cheesy but it is a pretty well known story.
You have to see his biohacking in the same way like Tim Ferris. Its exaggerated, but they are sound advice.

See Grass-Fed beef.
Recommended Vitamins, supplements (which btw, can be bought anywhere).

Not sure why and how you guys are so skeptical about using Vitamin D
God DAJNFBGHSfIDSHUKLFHSGUIO! -Jinro
Xapti
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada2473 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-25 20:20:49
March 25 2013 20:15 GMT
#108
On March 10 2013 12:16 Epocalypse wrote:
Personally, I would like to see absolutely no restrictions on these drugs and any other drugs as it is my body, my life, and my choice what to do with it.

While I generally agree with the concept of personal freedom that you promoted, the other issue is fairness; namely in competition (Chess, Starcraft, etc.), where other performance-enhancing drugs are already prohibited in physical sport.

Aside from that, many people tend to be really stupid and/or ignorant, and will try all sorts of things for recreation, desperation, or experimentation/curosity. Without things like prescriptions and drug laws, the large population of people who don't look carefully before they leap could become a large liability on society with things like health care costs or maybe even unemployment (although I suppose that could possibly be mitigated by increased drug costs, but the issue then is it's somewhat unfair for the legitimate users to be paying more)

In the case of this new drug, they're potentially giving themselves a shorter lifespan or Alzheimer's/psychosis/schizophrenia/etc. without fairly being informed of that possibility.
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ZERG_RUSSIAN
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
10417 Posts
March 30 2013 23:55 GMT
#109
On March 19 2013 21:52 xContagion wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 19 2013 15:30 ZERG_RUSSIAN wrote:

You're retarded, did you even look to see if there was an addiction potential?

There's none btw

User was temp banned for this post.


People become addicted to anything, most addictions are mental.

Most addictions have a mental component, yes, but there is something about heroin that makes it a little different from chocolate cake.
I'm on GOLD CHAIN
ZERG_RUSSIAN
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
10417 Posts
March 30 2013 23:58 GMT
#110
On March 26 2013 04:56 iloveav wrote:
You guys want a real brain hack?
Enjoy your life.
The brain cannot tell reality from imagination.
Go back to your childhood by imagining things, and then enjoy the time that you have.
At work, at home, doing your loundry while you sign your favorite song with that awfull voice you have.

It sticks to your friends and family, and it atracks women, who cant understand why a "looser" like you can be so happy.

You dont need a drug, all you need, is a desire to be happy.

One of the things we do as psychologists to determine whether or not someone lies on the psychotic end of the neurotic-borderline-psychotic spectrum in psychodynamic theory is to see if someone has the capacity for "reality testing," or having their brain determine reality from imagination/delusion/hallucination/dream, so in that regard, I disagree.
I'm on GOLD CHAIN
Epocalypse
Profile Joined December 2011
Canada319 Posts
April 04 2013 03:51 GMT
#111
On March 24 2013 03:55 Epocalypse wrote:
Tried this combination today: Artichoke Leaf Extract 500mg + Forskolin 10mg ($21.00 + $11.50)
LifeExtension brand for both.

Tim Ferriss said this:
Show nested quote +
The quest: Think harder.
The drugs: Forskolin (from Coleus forskohlii) and artichoke extract
Where to get it: Online
Benefits: “If you want to go all-natural for enhancing your learning and memory, this duo fits the bill. Bonus: Artichokes contain luteolin, which can inhibit PDE5, which is also how Cialis and other ED drugs work. Who doesn’t want to demolish Sudoku while sporting a massive boner?


This was my first time trying this and it seemed to have absolutely no effect. Neither did it have the pick me up effect that coffee does, but I didn't get a boner either. I'll try again over the next week to see if there is any difference; but given my first experience I don't expect any results.


Tried it again, no effect once again.
bw4life
Khan Fu
Profile Joined April 2013
1 Post
April 28 2013 23:39 GMT
#112
On March 24 2013 04:20 MountainDewJunkie wrote:
All drugs have a price. Although if this can score you a scholarship and a great career or something like, then it's obviously worth it. But I don't buy any bullshit that advertises a pill as having "zero" long term side effects. Horseshit.


Yup. If there are positive effects, chances are there are negative ones too.

Here's a clip of Tim Ferriss talking about this and modafinil:

matsushi
Profile Joined December 2010
Philippines65 Posts
May 15 2013 19:15 GMT
#113
I think more studies should be done on nootropics ideally, however, I believe that since they're basically just specific and formulated combinations of vitamins, they should be freely and widely distributed. I see no reason why we should not increase our cognitive abilities and just, in a very basic sense, our capacity to think, perceive and interpret information. Caffeine is actually a huge nootropic, and honestly, no one can deny its effects on mental performance. There's a reason hundreds of thousands of people drink a cup of joe to get their day started.

Personally, I don't take these (what I assume to be) prescription meds like Provigil. Instead, I take vitamins, supplements and foods that have been correlated to increases in mental performance (I say correlated because I don't think there's enough evidence to prove a causal link yet). Essentially, natural nootropics. Things like, as I've already stated, caffeine, omega fish oils (they have a compound in them that is good for mental cognition, I forgot what it's called though), vitamin B-12, and surprisingly, eggs.
Driving this road down to paradise, letting the sunlight into my eyes
Uni1987
Profile Joined September 2010
Netherlands642 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-05-15 19:35:36
May 15 2013 19:33 GMT
#114
Used Modafinil today for studying. First time. It worked pretty good.. I'm writing a report about it (studying psychology). Obviously I am not allowed to use test subjects at my university, so why not do it myself. Didn't seem to stop other great names in history.

Will post report later if anyone is interested!
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MasterOfPuppets
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Romania6942 Posts
May 15 2013 20:43 GMT
#115
On May 16 2013 04:33 Uni1987 wrote:
Used Modafinil today for studying. First time. It worked pretty good.. I'm writing a report about it (studying psychology). Obviously I am not allowed to use test subjects at my university, so why not do it myself. Didn't seem to stop other great names in history.

Will post report later if anyone is interested!


I would be more interested in a report on how it affects you in the long-term, if there are any noticeable downsides of any nature, if it remains as useful without increasing the dosage, all that sort of stuff. Not necessarily representative of anything in and of itself (being a one-man test and all) but I'm fairly curious about this topic and as a poster above mentioned, there's not enough research on this.
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HaRuHi
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
1220 Posts
May 15 2013 20:46 GMT
#116
On May 16 2013 04:33 Uni1987 wrote:
Used Modafinil today for studying. First time. It worked pretty good.. I'm writing a report about it (studying psychology). Obviously I am not allowed to use test subjects at my university, so why not do it myself. Didn't seem to stop other great names in history.

Will post report later if anyone is interested!


You need to get your roomie involved, but give him placebo's, see if feeling smarter also straighten his As?
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