Noopept is probably the most effective functional drug I've ever ingested. I sometimes start suspecting it must be placebo, skip it in the morning, notice I'm feeling my normally irritable/depressive self, take 3 scoops of mushroomy bitterness and I'm suddenly sitting peacefully watching my pet birds, fascinated by their little colourful selves (normally they are more of a burden, enduring their shrieks and calls, wreaking havoc on my irritable nerves). I'm not sure I really consider noopept a nootropic however, in fact I feel much dumber on it, my shortterm memory is shot, my coordination is shot (I've chipped two plates in the process of washing dishes since getting on this stuff a couple months ago), I find I'm far too easygoing with writing and allow grammatical mistakes to sneak past, not being bothered to ocd'ishly edit or correct things ad nauseum. This is like marijuana to me, except without the paranoia and anxiety I get with marijuana, just a feeling of serenity and fascination with the world, an easy going vibe, with the same shortterm memory defect I'd get with mj. I'll continue taking this because it makes my life feel so much better than it felt before, I feel more 'stable', not the vast mood swings, I feel more 'normalized', able to deal with things, not stressing over small things. I'd love to figure out a way to ameliorate the shortterm memory loss however, if anyone has figured out a way I'll be the first to test it out. I'd never take my shortterm memory back in exchange for hte irritable depressiveness, but if I can have both even better. Yesterday I was counting some pills, over 200 as it turned out, I could barely remember which number I was on as I was doing it, ha! some nootropic here 
normally I'd speed through such a simple counting process, oh well.
Oh and the dose I've been taking is 5 of those red microscoops a day.. no idea really how much that works out to, the pages state the spoons are 10 - 15mg each, but someone claimed to have weighed the volume from a level scoop and it was only 4mg, would be interested if anyone has a microscoop and could weigh the contents to try to standardize better and know how much I'm taking. 5 seems to be the optimal amount for me anyhow, if I go up to 6 I start to feel a bit anxious, too rushy. 5 is perfect, great euphoric rush and noticeable effects.
Yeah this to a tee, maybe not so much the serenity for me.
My energy is definetely above the line on noopept, but again and again I stress it does something very different from other nootropics in the background (good or bad). I too notice i'm a lot more careless in my verbal expression, my verbal fluency and creative recall (associating things unassociating) becomes impaired, the effects of noopept seems to last after cessation of dosage - leading me to suspect that the effects are in some ways long term or even permanent.
There are some weird things too, there is the "familiar but I don't remember" feeling, and then there are the odd memory lapses, like I would completely forget things I would have remembered in the past, such as if i've taken x supplement or not, purely by muscle memory. Sometimes i'll recall stories from a few years past which is cool (my recall is horrendously bad since birth, my only merit is having creative recall), but then i'll really struggle with some stuff like details in discussions that happened last week, or i'll notice like now that since taking noopept my english has degraded, words that used to come easy now requires effort - spelling mistakes are common, my keyboard coordination is nowhere as good as it used to be. I write things in the wrong order, in the past every sentence I wrote - I would almost double check it in my mind, now its like I don't really read what I write (in a bad way). I miss out words more often when I write.
edit: I'll also completely forget words or names of things I previously found easy to remember. I would suddenly mispronounce words long known like calling a dog named Roka, Rocket. Completely forgetting what a Corgi was, I also failed to recall some well known songs both the tune and the name. These are all pretty scary symptoms.
My poor english can be attributed to the fact that i've been very busy and social for the past few months, but it really feels off. When I type, read or write there is a distinct "empty head" feeling which I don't know how to explain. Its like i'm lacking an extra processing in my head, in a way its nice but also its very scary.
I would not be surprised that if down the line it turns out Noopept was a lot more dangerous and had more side effects than people warrant it here.
Again I emphasize it seems to be altering my brain in a strange way. My ability to tune into the details seems to be significantly impaired/altered, whilst in general energy seems to be normalized/improved. On noopept I feel like I can do as much work as a workaholic if I wanted to, though my motivation still isn't really there, which kind of leaves much to be desired. Every now and then I would feel great on Noopept, and then its like as if the world is a smaller place, my memories would feel instantly accessible at lightning speed, everything would be crystal clear though these feelings don't last longer than 20 to 30 minutes or so, and they happen sporadically maybe 2 times a week.
I have no fucking idea what it is doing in my head, I am now worried of psychological addiction - as Noopept allows me to be more productive at work and in life, due to my sleepy nature I find the little energy increase a great benefit that I have been unable to replicate on other substances.
Unless you have an distinct problem I would advise others to treat this substance with caution, in my opinion it is definitely not benign when used more than a few days, but then again I am more sensitive/fragile than most people to chemicals it would seem.
Edited by Major Legend, 19 March 2013 - 03:40 AM.
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