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Phenylpiracetam

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One week, so far so good.
...the buzzy feeling wore off. Now I just feel peppy, optimistic, assertive.
I seem to be...I dunno, thinking more clearly?
I just feel good.
Admittedly, it's a pretty alien sensation, so I'm wondering: is this how normal people feel or mania?
I really don't know.
 
Took my two psych tests that I use weekly to monitor mood...Goldberg depression test and QIDS test.

The one says..."Do you have your usual energy level?"
Jeez, usual is nonfunctional! but I marked that as it's the best...
I also took this:
http://counsellingresource.com/quizzes/bipolar-testing/goldberg-mania/
...gave me a 24, which is mild to moderate mania...
...I think the problem is that the question asked if I think about sex a lot...yes!
Um... I think about sex just as much when severely depressed...:woot:
Tried the inventory again, toning down some of the answers considering ( a ) my normal sex drive is very high, and ( b ) after years of severe depression, this WOULD feel VERY different.
It said I was in normal range this time.

So it's very hard to tell if I am slightly hypomanic or...normal after being depressed or most of 7 years.
When my med cocktail actually works I am a silly goober, this seems...typical for undepressed me...

...I am still sitting on my butt too much. Being lazy. Procrastinating...
Will keep checking in...
 
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So I ordered my first order of phenylpiractam and I will get it soon. I'm just curious if it will even do anything. Noopept just gave me a headache and I tossed that stuff a long time ago.

I hope it will go well as I need something these days because big pharma wants to screw me over and I have so much depression. Funny thing I haven't had nightmares in three days knock on wood.
 
@sonicwhite - I really think you should avoid self-medicating with any substance. If you weren't currently battling addiction, I'd just keep my mouth shut. But for you: it's a bad idea, and it doesn't matter how safe/unsafe, addictive/non-addictive it is.

Get clean.
 
@ Sonic...you're not suicidally ideating all the time, as am I. Nor is standard psychiatric pharma currently not working for you, as is true for myself.
I'm also being monitored by a Pdoc and Tdoc.

I'm in a rather different situation.

...You may be bipolar and undiagnosed.
That would help explain your predisposition to psychosis.
In that case? This stuff could very well throw you into a manic episode.
If your psychosis includes lack of sleep for many days? Another red flag for bipolar 1
Sonic, I suggest you get clean, then maybe see about getting a diagnosis.

Speaking of? I am definitely feeling tense. A little angry.

I am not going to take the phenylpiracetam tomorrow, as it appears to be sending me over the edge into manic/mixed symptoms...in my case this is not happy fun mania, it's ragey, self-destructive, evil mania.
I may take a half-dose Friday, Sunday.

Since I DID respond amazingly well at first to this stuff, am going to switch to piracetam, that's a lot weaker.
I have it on order, it should be here by Monday.
I will take half the recommended dose for the first month, again, see how I react.

I'm going to keep on with the choline supplementation as/is. That alone's been shown to help bipolars in a small research study.

Since the phenylpiracetam works so fast as a mood lifter, it could be useful if I'm feeling acutely suicidal in the future, if used no more than when REALLY needed and for no more than two days in, say, a ten-day period.
But daily use? Nope :(
Most aggravating.
 
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@sonicwhite it gave me a headache too, on multiple occasions.
That's why it says to take choline with it, as it increases choline use in the brain.

Again, I am not under the impression that you have severe depression. If you do, then you ought to try prescription meds first. Those did work for me for a long time. They quit, but they may never quit for you.
 
Again, I think you ought to go to a real doctor, see if you need treatment, and try real pharma first.
My amateur opinion.
From what I can tell PEA doesn't end up in the brain very much.
 
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