I mentioned jiao gu lan a few posts back and said I would post my findings. Zip, Nada, Placeboooooooooh no. Just to be complete. I might make a concentrate and try it to see if I can possibly get something out of the bottle I paid for. oh well.
Theoretically, for purely research purposes and never actually happening, 100 percent hobby purposes, and purely theoretically,
Near the beginning of this thread, there were new compounds coming up quite often. has anyone read about any compounds that might work like or better than dexedrine or adderall? In my area, I have read that docs dont have the ability to prescribe. I am mostly interested in info on something that people with the gene which makes dexedrine calm them down and focus respond well to. Could even be a close relative. I have theoretically tried maybe 20 nootropics. I thought that if anyone had the research, this would be where they might be.
Thanks,
Phil8462643 (taken from pi)
I tried Dexedrine once, several decades ago, and found that it had little effect, and mainly "slowed me down." I've taken Ritalin, and am currently using Focalin (which is the "good half" of the two drugs in Ritalin), and they definitely help with focus and getting things done, but again, just a little. Plus, they have "uncomfortable side-effects," including tachycardia, nothing huge, but a day or two off of them leaves me feeling noticeably better. I just read that they increase norepinephrine, which may explain it. The good LONG-TERM nootropics for me are Neriracetam, Noopept, PRL-8-53, and Fasoracetam. I have a fair amount of "chemo-brain," and they make a big difference.
Still, there's that "get things done" problem. I plan on trying Bromantane and N-Acetyl-Semax (from Ceretropic), which I read somewhere, I think here, is a good alternative to Adderall, and without the jittery side-effects (they do NOT boost norepinephrine). And I have just started another focus and get-things-done drug, nicotine. I've never smoked, but I think the smokers may be on to something. I had tried the patches before, and thought the same thing, but they are too expensive and hard to control on dosing. Someone mentioned that you can get nicotine in oil for "vaping," but that instead of using the electric cigarette thing, you can simply put a drop or two on the back of your hand and rub it in. I bought a little 10-ml, 18 mg per ml, bottle for < $6, but I can tell you now that once you figure out the dose you want, you will probably want to get the UNFLAVORED stuff. Maybe some flavors are good, but for me, rum's a bust.
Phil