Tag: Adrafinil

Nootropic Success

August 3rd, 2018

I finally found a combination that works. A set of pills that handles energy, clarity and mood – with the right dosage for a full day, also.

It begins with Adrafinil. I established that it works.

A few months back, I documented my use of Alpha-GPC and Coluracetam. I called Coluracetam a ‘mood lightener’ that worked for a few hours and Alpha-GPC didn’t do shit. It honestly had no affect on me.

That is UNTIL it combined with Adrafinil. 

Adrafnil by itself was okay, last four hours, but clarity/energy was not 100%.

Two days ago, I took all three and I was in motion. The first day, there was some sinus and headache issues but by the second day it was perfect. I guess my mind getting use to the change.

Clear headed, energy and desire to ‘do’ things when I thought about them and with a good attitude. Got a lot of chores and projects done. Wonderful stuff. I mean, on the first day of taking all three, I was stumbling over myself because my mind was racing. I was OVER thinking and doing. By day two of all three, I got better control of it and can focus on what I chose to focus on.

One of the key problems with adult ADD, depression, etc is the inability to focus on task and, often, not having the desire to do anything — then things get backed up, you feel messed up that you’re not doing anything and then the depression kicks in. But you still don’t feel like doing anything because of the cloudiness and so everything cancels out.

This mixture is killer: I feel like doing and, most importantly, accomplishing everything.

I’m getting a lot done — and it’s NOT adderall. 

I’m no chemist or physicist, but I know when something is working in my body. Alpha-GPC actually works in combination with the Adrafinil. So much so, that when the combination of all three starts to fade off in four-five hours, I popped one more Alpha-GPC and that activated me for the rest of the day; as if I took all three again.

The timing is like this:

6:30 am – Take all three pills.
11-12pm – Effects start to wane. Take one (1) Alpha-GPC
8pm – effects start to wane again.

Which is fine because it’s nearing time I go to bed. Here’s something that helped me the rest of the night: L-Theanine. People take that in combo to remove an edge to the jittery effects, but I don’t recommend taking it WITH your other pills because its just going to counter-act the purpose of having energy.

So, I take it to wind down from the day of using the other pills and I slept through the night. I tried it for the first time last night and finally stopped waking up at 3am. Yeah, I have been waking up at 3am for the past few days but that’s not because of the pills I’ve been taking. It was happening before the pills.

The L-Theanine is designed to promote relaxation and it did it’s job.

I’m happy with the results over the first two days. Today is the third and I’ll journal any downsides/effects moving forward. If you are interested in trying the exact set I’m on and where I bought it, here it is:

Adrafinil 300mg – Double Wood Supplements

Alpha GPC 300mg – Amazon

Coluracetam 20mg – Health by Naturals

L-Theanine 200mg – Amazon

Adrafinil

July 31st, 2018

It’s been a good couple of weeks. My mother was nice to send a care-package of a good deal of money and I was able to to take care of a lot of pressing things. Cash is almost gone but I believe I did what was right. Saving is almost impossible.

So I bought some Adrafinil. A nootropic medicine that helps with focus, alertness and possibly depression. It’s the stuff I wanted to buy after the last selection seemed to bottom out. Technically, now that U have Adrafinil, I should try it with the Coluracetam and Alpha-GPC and check the results.

As directed, I took it this morning on an empty stomach around 6:30am. By 8am, I think I started feeling the effects. Those effects wore off by around 11am-12pm, but continued to show it’s usefulness later in the day and even now (it’s 5:50pm).

What are those effects?

Well, you know it’s always the goal to find an over-the-counter Adderall. Still, it’s not Adderall, but it’s better than not having it.

Basically, my issue is this clouded mind; unable to think straight. Focus seems to shift from one direction to another. Then of course there’s the depression. The inability to focus and think straight leads to depression when you turn around and find you can’t do shit. It would make anyone depressed.

Adderall took that cloud in my brain and washed it away; clearing that thick-clouded feeling away for pure absolute thought on any one thing I want to think about. It was great.

This stuff, Adrafinil … well, it comes close. Not a total clearing of the cloud, but I was extremely alert and allowed me to do work that I would have otherwise procrastinated about. It was like, “I need to go tot he store” so, without feeling that tired, don’t want to be bothered’ emotion, I was able to go and get the shopping done without feeling any kind of way about it. Sounds corny, I know. It’s the best way I can explain it. It’s not speed. It didn’t get me high. 

But I was ‘active’. Things I wanted to get done, I did. Things I needed to say to people, I did. 

Whereas the Coluracetam was a mood lightener — Adrafinil was a “stop being a lazy bastard” motivator with an ounce of clarity. But it was a strange clarity. That’s why I always compare things to Adderall. With Adderall, I saw EVERYTHING and soaked it in. 

With Adrafinil, I still felt a bit clouded but the best way to picture it is: you have a clouded mind, right? Then only a portion of it is clear depending on where you are focusing. Not 100% but just enough for whatever you’re doing. Backed with a sense of energy.

But when it wore off, I knew it. I was yawning. I was getting annoyed with everyone around me whereas I was extremely tolerant for the four-five hours prior.

No headaches. No issues. At least not for me. My wife took it and it wore off about the same time, but she claimed not to have any further clarity at all.

Since I’m the trouble case, my eval is of more priority than her’s.

I still want my hands on Adderall, but I think I’m finding my right Nootropic setup.

Tomorrow, I’ll try the collection:

One (1) Adrafinil 
One (1) Coluracetam
One (1) Alpha-GPC

I’ll report how the day went. I still have the L-Theanine, but I think that’s more of a counter-active med to prevent any jitters.