As the title suggests, I was wondering how others here feel about nootropic drugs like piracetam. About a month ago, after I read a rave review for the stuff, I purchased 100 grams of the stuff to try out. Using the capsuling machine I was given for Christmas, I've capped a series of approximately one gram servings, that I have been taking daily for the past couple of weeks. So far, I haven't experienced much of the added mental clarity people tend to attribute to it. I have noticed a slightly increased desire to solve mathematical and logic problems, and an increased ability tune out distractions, but that's about it. So far, I don't plan to purchase more when my supply runs out, but that may change yet. So, what have you guys heard/read/experienced with nootropics? ____________________ Design © 2009 Stark Once for the Super Dave TV show I was the stuntman that fell down the entire wtc stairwell. ~ jargon

Posted by MikeFuryXP http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=108415 Be very carefull of which drugs you take or test, remember nothing will ever be permanent, and there is a negative side to most drugs on the market or being studied closely by the people who made the stuff. While I appreciate the concern, I'm not sure how relevant the link is, since I am not an ecstasy user. In fact, I wouldn't even consider myself a drug user, beyond the occasional drink with friends. I'm not mixing it other drugs or medications with it (except moderate amounts of caffeine), so I'm not really worried about interactions either. There are a few available studies on the safety of Piracetam if you scour pubmed, most notably this one in which the doses topped at 24g a day. ____________________ Design © 2009 Stark Once for the Super Dave TV show I was the stuntman that fell down the entire wtc stairwell. ~ jargon

Posted by blackhole89 I find the null hypothesis (all placebo) to be much more plausible than this. As far the "increased desire to solve mathematical and logic problems" goes, it's only natural that it would to occur to you more often if you are preoccupied with finding out whether such a drug had an effect on you (and have considered getting it to begin with); it's sort of like attributing a heightened impulse to check out the chimney to an effect of pills that are supposed to summon Santa... I was eager to see your take on this bh, it strikes me as the sort of subject that you would have been interested in at some point in time, in some capacity. I tried upping the dose to 2 grams a morning for the past few days (which is still on the low side of things as far as frequency is concerned, considering it has a 4-5hr half-life), and at best my recall has improved slightly. Even if piracetam is more effective in higher doses or frequency of use, I don't think its cost is justifiable for my purpose. I'll run out what I have yet, but there are better uses for my money. ____________________ Design © 2009 Stark Once for the Super Dave TV show I was the stuntman that fell down the entire wtc stairwell. ~ jargon