I was told by a friend who reports to have drastically benefitted from Piracetam that it requires ~2 weeks to take effect, based on his and his housemate’s experiences. I abandoned a piracetam regime a few days in because it had little observable effect besides increasing energy, currently a few days into my second attempt.
I haven’t been taking choline, and overall I haven’t noticed any effect with Piracetam by any metric I’m taking except that I’ve been late for meetings and classes much less than normal (this has always been a big problem for me.)
I’m coming up on two weeks of use (1.6 g per day), so I expected more effect by now. I’ll probably try adding choline to my diet and I’ll see if that makes a difference. In any case, I’ll continue taking Piracetam until I run out since I don’t mind swallowing pills anyway.
Since I’m about to start using Modafinil, I might not be able to distinguish whether choline makes any difference.
I told my physician that I have the symptoms of hypersomnia, and I wanted to try Modafinil. My doctor has always been cool about prescribing. :D
If your doctor is uncool, there are other ways. The best way is to just use Adrafinil which metabolizes into Modafinil and has apparently identical effects. Unfortunately it takes as long as an hour before the effects start—Modafinil is much faster-acting. Adrafinil (sometimes branded as Olmifon) is completely unregulated and unscheduled in the US and is totally legal to import. However, it is a bit expensive to buy and pay for shipping out of pocket (my insurance covers most of my Modafinil). I believe the US is somewhat unusual in terms of not scheduling Adrafinil, I know New Zealand schedules Adrafinil, as do most countries in Europe.
Also, I have a friend who imports Provigil branded tablets from online pharmacies, (no prescription). He said that since Modafinil is Schedule IV the (US) government doesn’t make much effort to prosecute importers. In the rare event that the shipment is intercepted, if the amount is obviously for personal use (not resale), the government generally just sends a letter telling you not to do it again.
I was told by a friend who reports to have drastically benefitted from Piracetam that it requires ~2 weeks to take effect, based on his and his housemate’s experiences. I abandoned a piracetam regime a few days in because it had little observable effect besides increasing energy, currently a few days into my second attempt.
ETA: Each of us supplemented it with Choline, sourced http://www.nutraplanet.com/product/primaforce/piracetam-choline-citrate-stack-1-1-units.html
It’s been a while since you started, what happened next?
I haven’t been taking choline, and overall I haven’t noticed any effect with Piracetam by any metric I’m taking except that I’ve been late for meetings and classes much less than normal (this has always been a big problem for me.)
I’m coming up on two weeks of use (1.6 g per day), so I expected more effect by now. I’ll probably try adding choline to my diet and I’ll see if that makes a difference. In any case, I’ll continue taking Piracetam until I run out since I don’t mind swallowing pills anyway.
Since I’m about to start using Modafinil, I might not be able to distinguish whether choline makes any difference.
Modafinil is something I’ve wanted to try for some time. How did you acquire it?
I told my physician that I have the symptoms of hypersomnia, and I wanted to try Modafinil. My doctor has always been cool about prescribing. :D
If your doctor is uncool, there are other ways. The best way is to just use Adrafinil which metabolizes into Modafinil and has apparently identical effects. Unfortunately it takes as long as an hour before the effects start—Modafinil is much faster-acting. Adrafinil (sometimes branded as Olmifon) is completely unregulated and unscheduled in the US and is totally legal to import. However, it is a bit expensive to buy and pay for shipping out of pocket (my insurance covers most of my Modafinil). I believe the US is somewhat unusual in terms of not scheduling Adrafinil, I know New Zealand schedules Adrafinil, as do most countries in Europe.
Also, I have a friend who imports Provigil branded tablets from online pharmacies, (no prescription). He said that since Modafinil is Schedule IV the (US) government doesn’t make much effort to prosecute importers. In the rare event that the shipment is intercepted, if the amount is obviously for personal use (not resale), the government generally just sends a letter telling you not to do it again.