Hi everyone. The reason behind my post is in some ways simple and in some ways complex. To put it simply, I have a very visceral, kneejerk reaction of fear toward the area of nootropics, the idea of a pill having an effect on mental performance. Yet also I find a certain allure in the supposed benefits. I am a reasonably intelligent person, I study at a good UK university and find I am doing well, yet I do suffer now and again from transient bouts of mental fatigue, which at times can be totally debilitating, leaving me a slow minded wreck. One symptom of such bouts which stands out in my mind is a tendency toward phonetic spelling, spelling a word as I would speak it during an IM conversation, then having to back up and change it after having realised what I had just typed.
One of the primary reasons for these bouts in my opinion is sleeping problems, I've never had a great sleeping rhythm and when I sleep better it does tend to somewhat allieviate it.
Although I feel for the most part I am ontop of this problem with a very disciplined sleeping schedule, the introduction it provided me to nootropics is something I have followed since. I have bought some centrophenoxine and some piracetam from QHI in the hope that it can improve my academic performance, however a few main problems linger, perhaps problems the other readers here (who evidently are intelligent people) have experienced similar anxieties before. Any help would be appreciated.
1) Possibility of these pills upsetting some kind of balance and diminising my natural ability, even a complete lack of gains is tolerable, but regression scares the hell out of me.
2) Feeling like I need them, is it likely I could end up losing confidence in my ability to perform without nootropic assistance?
Sorry for the long post, but I didn't want to be haphazard about this.
Many Thanks
Centurion