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[dark19]

hello!I wanted to ask if piracetam improves normal hearing.I am asking because after taking piracetam I seem to hear the musical notes better and sing better.
Thank you !

[tarbtl]

no.

[rebuild101]

hello!I wanted to ask if piracetam improves normal hearing.I am asking because after taking piracetam I seem to hear the musical notes better and sing better.
Thank you !

I don't know if that's "normal", but I have read cases of other people reporting the same thing -- music becomes more enjoyable. I personally have not noticed this effect and actually seem to have a harder time hearing conversations...

[samonakuba]

I definitely noticed that effect. It wasn't an increase in auditory acuity in any sort of tripped-out psychedelic way, but a very definite increase in simple enjoyment. Just having music there to listen to seems to suck my mind into it somehow, whether I put effort into it or not. The effect subsided after I ran out of Piracetam, but the experience got me back into adding albums to my music collection. :-)

[xispes]

I noticed something similar, increased music sharpness and pleasure listening. [thumb]
Only in the first day.
Very good if you try to quit coffee, alleviates the morning mental/eye heaviness.

But i started using coffee+piracetam to get really sharp and it eventually stopped working. [wis] [huh]


Was nice to try [tung]

[nanook]

hello!I wanted to ask if piracetam improves normal hearing.I am asking because after taking piracetam I seem to hear the musical notes better and sing better.
Thank you !

I still can't sing, and I have perfect pitch hearing without Piracetam, but at 46, my hearing was gone after 14 Khz, it has improved to where I can hear up to 17 Khz, except I have a notch at 15.75 Khz (which happens to be the horizontal sweep frequency of NTSC television), usually hearing at higher frequencies gets worse not better with age. This happened after I started taking Piracetam. I also noticed overall sensitivity to sound went up, people talking three blocks away would seem as if they were right next to me. Similar affects on vision, dark vision at night substantially improved, color perception substantially improved. Haven't noticed any change to taste, smell, or tactile response however.

I really took it because I was looking for something that would help with general focus and clarity. I have ADD, Ritalin for that helps more than Piracetam does but both help more than either alone. The combination also eliminates some of the side effects I experienced with Ritalin alone.

It seems to be a substance that affects everyone differently, and the dosage that is optimal also seems to be individual. For me there is a definite peak over which it makes things worse instead of better, and that peak is fairly sharp and it's about half what the manufacturers generally recommend.

While the visual effects were noticeable almost immediately the improvement in hearing and mental clarity happened over a period of about three months. I think one of the reasons many people, and many controlled studies fail to find much positive value in this substance is that it is at least for some people very dosage sensitive, and most studies aren't of sufficient duration to see the long term effects.

For those that experience "crabbiness", that's a side effect I experienced with both Piracetam and Ritalin, either by themselves, I found taking a choline and L-tyrosine supplement seems to eliminate that and smooths out the overall mental experience a bit.

I am out right now and the place I normally order from (American Nutrition) is out of stock.

[brotherx]

Hi nanook,

thanks for the extensive description!
What is the typical dose you take?

Cheers

Alex

hello!I wanted to ask if piracetam improves normal hearing.I am asking because after taking piracetam I seem to hear the musical notes better and sing better.
Thank you !

I still can't sing, and I have perfect pitch hearing without Piracetam, but at 46, my hearing was gone after 14 Khz, it has improved to where I can hear up to 17 Khz, except I have a notch at 15.75 Khz (which happens to be the horizontal sweep frequency of NTSC television), usually hearing at higher frequencies gets worse not better with age. This happened after I started taking Piracetam. I also noticed overall sensitivity to sound went up, people talking three blocks away would seem as if they were right next to me. Similar affects on vision, dark vision at night substantially improved, color perception substantially improved. Haven't noticed any change to taste, smell, or tactile response however.

I really took it because I was looking for something that would help with general focus and clarity. I have ADD, Ritalin for that helps more than Piracetam does but both help more than either alone. The combination also eliminates some of the side effects I experienced with Ritalin alone.

It seems to be a substance that affects everyone differently, and the dosage that is optimal also seems to be individual. For me there is a definite peak over which it makes things worse instead of better, and that peak is fairly sharp and it's about half what the manufacturers generally recommend.

While the visual effects were noticeable almost immediately the improvement in hearing and mental clarity happened over a period of about three months. I think one of the reasons many people, and many controlled studies fail to find much positive value in this substance is that it is at least for some people very dosage sensitive, and most studies aren't of sufficient duration to see the long term effects.

For those that experience "crabbiness", that's a side effect I experienced with both Piracetam and Ritalin, either by themselves, I found taking a choline and L-tyrosine supplement seems to eliminate that and smooths out the overall mental experience a bit.

I am out right now and the place I normally order from (American Nutrition) is out of stock.

Edited by brotherx, 22 August 2007 - 04:09 PM.

[brotherx]

By the way - my answer is yes!
I get sometimes 'dolby souround-like' effects.

Cheers

Alex

[aeamacman]

I just started taking piracetam w/ choline. I find the sound enhancement to be the most apparent benefit I have noticed!

[czGLoRy]

I started to notice the cicadas everywhere around here which I never noticed before, seemed to enjoy music more (although possible placebo), and my pupils are dilated more than they normally are almost always. This is actually shown to make a person "more attractive". I guess it improves hearing and looks as well!

[Vanja Krčar]

 personally I have noticed that my hearing has improved, especially in distinguishing different sounds.

For example when I'm in a noisy place (a bar with loud music and a lot of people talking) I can tune out the noise, and focus

on hearing clearly only one thing (music, conversation etc.) which is great. When listening to music I have noticed a surround like effects as well.