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[HealthyGrain]

Hi there, so I have just started experimenting with nootropics, and I'm not sure what's happening to me.

I am taking 500mg Choline Bitartrate as powder every morning. Have been doing that for the last 5 days.

On Saturday my Noopept pills arrived. I ordered them from thoughtfoods, and took my first one on Saturday. I took it whole (orally) right after a meal. On Sunday I took half a pill sub-lingually, or at least I tried, as it didn't really dissolve that well. So I decided to take the other half (about 2 hours later) in powder form, so I crushed it and rubbed it on my gums and inner cheeks. Today, I decided to go back to taking it orally since the whole sub-lingual process is very impractical imo.

I took half a pill at 6:30 and the second half at 9:30.

 

Effects:

 

Day 1: Felt more focused, spent 2 hours on an essay with no problems. Felt great, no problems whatsoever. Effects seemed to wear off after 4-5 hours. But I still felt a little more focused than usual even in the late evening. (might be placebo)

Day 2: Nothing, I just felt nothing at all. I figured that it might be because I didn't take it orally.

Day 3: after first half - don't feel as focused as on day 1 but still much better than day 2, effects wore off after about 2 hours

           second half - I was hoping to get the focus back up, but the opposite happend. I felt tired and couldn't focus. Infact I was overwhelmed by noises and really stressed. (note that I am a student, and there was a lot going on around me in class)

 

Conclusion: I feel like taking one pill orally at once was great. Now I know you can't really say anything about effects after three days, especially when you have tested multiple ways of taking the meds. But I am a little concerned now. See, I have ADHD and the problem that my brain can't filter unimportant stuff like noises out has always been a problem in my life, but today it felt like Noopept amplified it to an extend where I had to leave the room because I was so stressed.

I will go back to taking 1 pill orally tomorrow, but was wondering if any of you had similar experiences.

[hdl_1]

Noopept needs a good source of choline i.e. Alpha GPC or CDP-Choline (at least for some ppl if not the majority). The effects you've mentioned could be because of inadequate choline supply. Choline bitartrate is a weaker source of choline and may not be at the level required by nootropics.

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[HealthyGrain]

Should I increase my dose of choline bitartrate until I get something like alpha-GPC? I read that 500mg choline bitartrate are really just 250mg of choline.

[hdl_1]

It may not work as straightforward. Choline bitartrate needs to be processed by the body and not all is able to cross the blood-brain barrier. Higher quantities may also give you some side effects such as dizziness.

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[HealthyGrain]

Alright, cheers mate. Gonna order some alpha-gpc straight away then.