I just posted this in a message to another member on the site, but I figure it's worth posting here as well for those of you still having questions about Cerebrolysin and its effects, the injection process etc. The question was asked to me whether or not CBL has mood enhancing effects, and what the benefits are, in greater detail. So:
The effects are best felt after 10+ days of dosing. It really takes time to accumulate in your brain, and your brain apparently needs some time to acclimate. After 10+ days though, the benefits become huge. I'm not there yet in my dosing as this is my third day today (I still notice some effects...albeit small in comparison to what they are in full force). But, what I recall from previous dosing was this: My constant, persistent anxiety? Gone. I was completely relieved of anxiety, and in place of it felt a confidence combined with vastly increased thinking ability. Depression was gone as well. I wasn't experiencing much depression at the time I was using CBL last time, but as with the anxiety, any and all bad feelings were removed and replaced with this sense of "presentness" and being "on the ball." That's not a very descriptive way of saying it, but if you've had a day where it seems like you're literally able to think better, faster, and you feel so much more like "you," it's like having that, but every day with CBL.
Post-CBL (after using it for about 35-40 days) the power of my memory was ridiculous. I remember going to my university classes and, without really studying for the tests as much as I usually do, scoring like 90+, 95+, easily. I mean, I do well in school, but I've never scored A's on my tests so easily in my life. The more distance I gained from the CBL though, the more the benefits were slowly disappearing. This wasn't just due to CBL having a diminishing returns effect though, I started drinking a fuck ton and doing other really, really unhealthy things, so I kind of caused it. The best benefits were seen during and post-CBL for about 10-11 months. That's why I'm starting it again, to regain said benefits.
In summary, CBL reduced my anxiety 100%, I didn't have much depression at the time but I couldn't even imagine feeling depressed on CBL, it increased my cognitive functioning dramatically, increased my cleverness, made my thoughts more fluid, and generally made me feel much more connected with myself. It does take 10+ days though, and I recommend that anyone considering CBL just save up their money enough to afford 20+. Ideally, have 30+ days. I was using 5mL a day because I found 10mL/day to actually cause slight brain fog, though 10mL a day for 3 days was good for a "preloading" phase.
As for injecting, I use a 23 gauge needle for injecting, and a filtered 21 gauge needle for drawing the CBL into the syringe (needle and plastic syringe are separate pieces). Most people say you don't need the filtered needle for drawing up the CBL, but I do so just as an extra layer of protection against glass particulates that may be in the preparation following breaking the ampule. I bought my supplies from allegromedical.com. The needles I used were Luer Lock needles. As for the injection process, it felt really weird the first 2-3 days, and ESPECIALLY the first 2 times (I did about 6 injections in the first 3 days considering 10mL a day and 2 syringes/day), but after the effects come on you almost look forward to the familiar process of the injection. It's like a Pavlovian thing. It doesn't really hurt much at all once you get the hang of it, breaking the skin is the most painful part and the part that makes you question what you're doing. After the skin's broken, the process of moving the needle further in isn't painful at all. Just have to make sure you inject very, very slowly, or else you can cause scar tissue to build up and you can cause a fairly painful "muscle soreness" experience. I used the ventrogluteal injection site.