How zeo works: http://blog.myzeo.co...-phasing-sleep/
Anyway, DealExtreme sent me a defective E-Cig, so I went ahead and vaped some piracetam in a pipe while filing for a replacement. I vaped about 150mg (went pretty slowly, and I'm sure I didn't get it all in, but I did feel it) at 11pm and went to sleep around 1:30am.
My zeo did show about four and a half hours of slightly higher deep sleep than I usually get, followed by a short waking and a decidedly REM-intensive block, but nothing as extreme as the cellphone sensor result. I also went lucid for a period during the REM-block, which is apparently common with piracetam with those who can sleep on it at all.
I want to collect a bit more info before I start posting graphs.
Vaped some more by pipe just now, with a hotter lighter that made taking a good hit much easier.
Music enhancement is very clear now. The urge to move along with it comes up. All round sensation is calm and pleasant; nothing euphoric, but pleasant. It put me in a very observative state of mind, quieting my thoughts and increasing focus - which is rather different from the hypomania-inducing, extroversion-encouraging effects of getting a good response from oral piracetam. From the feeling, I imagine this has recreational and nootropic potential both, differently but in somewhat the same proportions as oral.
I am interested in this. You don't think that you could use the zeo while awake as a crude way to measure alpha waves in an awake state, do you? That would be neat, since this way of administration increases the onset of the effects, so it may be easier to see the change in brainwaves.
I wonder how oxiracetam would work being vaporized. I don't think I have seen any reports of that. Since it seems to have the best visual and auditory effects to me, I wonder if it would have even stronger recreational potential than piracetam.
Can you comment on how rapid the onset of the effects are? I think it could potentially be useful for combating sleep inertia in the morning if it is fast enough. Since piracetam increases bloodflow to the brain, maybe it could assist in waking you up.
Please keep us updated on the effects on sleep
I'm using pure Noopept powder actually, not the capsules. I have some off eBay seller vantagecc and some off Intellimeds, the powders are pretty much identical. It just doesn't like fire.
Noopept isn't really worth vaping anyway, it's perfectly great dosed sublingual. Piracetam on the other hand behaves very differently when vaped vs oral ingestion. Like I said, when vaped it feels more like a recreational drug than a nootropic.
Oh well. I guess they can't all work :(