Good point. Never tried anything of that for real. How do psychodelics help? Though I have a few clues what to expect.
Don't listen to him. People who reccomend psychadelics and drugs for "enchancement" should be autobanned here. All they can do is fuck up your brain.
Everything is toxic to someone in the right amount. Deprenyl, memantine to name a few. Heck, there's a guy on another forum that practically had his own memantine cult for awhile. Memantine induced psychosis is like being stuck in the movie The Truman Show, you will never look at your surroundings the same way again. Could that be described as 'brain enhancing'? LOL. No.
There was once a guy that triggered his psychosis with only tiny amounts of DMT.
But I have to agree, encouraging use of potentially pro-psychotic substances should be discouraged.
Dude, I've been through 2 or 3 self induced psychotic states because of all this research. First time was from 4-aco-dmt, second time was a gradual onset when I was taking deprenyl and then started ritalin doses. At the time I had irrational paranoia. I'd call paranoia a quazi-psychotic state. There must be some imbalance between the dopamine-glutamate system. The first experience was hell, second was worse because you are not aware that you are becoming irrational, your thoughts seem just as rational as they were before because you are constantly rationalizing them to yourself. Now, the last incident was a panic attack brought on by consuming somewhere like 2g of potent cannabis. I was really out of it. I was afraid for myself and called 911. They treated me with lorazapam and told me to stick with Sertraline. I've experimented with myself considerably and would advise anyone to take an objective look at the possible benefits of consuming X substance. Don't just look at the positives. That is just bias.
Fortunately, I don't hear voices or see things that aren't there. Though I do have anxiety attacks sometimes. I'm going back to basics and limiting my core stack to:
Bacopa (It's good for just being smooth and steady)
Chinese Skullcap (going to trial this, everything point to positive effects)
Jiaogulan (tea)
ALCAR (sometimes, can be anxiogenic)
BPAP (very good effects, very positive on mood and motivation)
I'd like to add Selegiline; but, I don't need that much extra dopamine at this age and the neuroprotective effects can be achieved via other methods.
From the above I'll be adding once in a while some group buy chems. Like ISRIB or 7,8-dihydroxyflavone.
I see no point in releasing agents or agonists. They're unsustainable in the long run and alter your behavior and personality. For example, Adderall. It's only something I will save for important occasions. I'f Adrafinil works I might use it instead for sustained attention. The future is bright and I don't want to dim myself with reckless self experimentation anymore. All I can count on now is being steady, smooth, and consistent. The jumps I get from DRI/A's are not worth it if you look long term along with persistently high dopamine levels all over the brain. Personally, I think Strattera might be a good compound for ADD. People need to be more patient, it's not like Ritalin or Adderall that drops the hammer down and makes you do shit. There are also promising things out there like Compound 2 from 3ArmLampscooter's thread. Worth exploring further.
In the long run what are we all looking for? IMHO it is two-fold:
1. Increasing the amount of information we can process in any given amount of time, thereby increasing out processing speed and arriving at conclusions and realizations faster. Such as being in a state where you life is in threat and your perception of time slows down. All I wonder if this is possible to achieve and be sustainable. I doubt we could alter ourselves beyond our organic programming with synthetic compounds in these terms. It would be great to sit down and have an hour to go over material and yet make it feel like it was 3 hours. The converse is a state of flow where you feel like 3 hours passed by as if 1h. That might have to do. Better a state of flow than nothing.
2. Having your memory greatly increased. Here is a typical memory curve:
Now, here is the same memory curve for reviewing and re-doing material:
I'm sure compounds can be made to make the slope's of the intial curve less negative (that is, as close to zero as possible). I'm hoping ISRIB might hold promise in this regard.
Right now it's mostly hit or miss. Some things work really well for some, while producing little to no effect for others. Is this placebo? I don't have enough information to give an answer to that. There is evidence Piracetam does work. Will it ever be enough to satisfy our insatiable desire's? I doubt we would stop on NZT. There is always more to be wanted or desired. . .