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[chrisr34000]

Hello!

 

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For middle / senior management positions, my company usually organizes assessments which span across multiple days and include several tests (interviews, simulated difficult discussions with employees, simulated meetings, case studies).

 

These days require the candidates to be very focused for many hours during a day. What supplements / drugs would you consider using during such days, in order to be the best version of yourself?

 

I am familiar with using Armodafinil and plan on considering stacking it with different options, in order to obtain some beneficial synergies.

I was thinking of including Propanolol as an anxiolitic. Besides that, I am interested in compounds which contribute enhancing verbal fluency, focus, concentration, creativity and energy (without going overboard).

 

I have no access to Adderall, but I have access to Pregabalin, Bupropion, Selegiline and Donepezil (if it makes sense to use this in the stack). Also, I am open to any supplements, which are prescription-free. Happy to hear your opinions in general.

 

[hotnerds26]

Since you already considered amphetamine, you could as well just do low-dosed heroin & cocaine. Nothing else will really make such a difference to what you have asked for.

 

Most things you listed such as anticonvulsants and beta-blockers can also backfire, and will not have impressive effects anyway.

 

When you take NSI-189 or Dihexa, it can improve creativity/performance and also speech can sound more impressive sometimes. Like you have +10 IQ points. But this often happens in a weird random way. It doesn't produce as consistent performance enhancements as stimulants. Semax/Selank can also boost cognition in a similar way. If you take too much though it can feel somewhat confusing. NSI-189 effects are more long-term-ish while Semax/Selank are the most and more short-term-ish than Dihexa. But effects of those drugs are hardly as immediate as real stimulants. If you are lucky with Semax, it starts working within like 6-8 hours. With NSI-189 you will not notice anything for at least 1-2 days, and even then whatever you notice will not feel huge. If you take more NSI-189 it seems to work less well. I wouldn't take more than 10mg per day and 20mg is probably already too much.

 

Bromantane is an anxiolytic stimulant. I would say in healthy people it doesn't really have a noticeable effect, and it works rather in terms of taking it over a whole cycle. Pagoclone is like a benzo, possibly decreases anxiety and increases sociability. But I found that effects are hardly noticeable.

 

I think you should focus more on reducing stress in your life and improving your health, so that your fitness is high when the assessments take place. Maybe hardcore drugs like Ritalin can boost performance +15% or so when the test is only 1-2 hours long. But several days, that's not really something you can cheat well with drugs.

Edited by hotnerds26, 19 November 2024 - 04:46 PM.

[Mind]

You won't be able to enhance your job interview skills through drugs. Practice stress reduction techniques. Practice the most obvious questions that are asked in most interviews.

 

For quirky tech-job interviews where they sometimes ask off-the-wall questions, you have to be yourself and give quick quirky answers.