Guys,
what is new? I a have not made a post in a few years. Back when I was on it, Nootropi was constantly arguing about lab testing. Royal Jelly, and the cetams, and fish oil were the rage. AGPC was better than citocholine. Amphetamines and steroids were looked down upon. deprenyl was an aphrodesiac and taken in the drop form. Nicotine was good for you. The preferred method was making your own pills, because it was too expensive to have someone do it.
after all this time, I still like AGPC, cetams, fish oil, and vitamins and exercise and no drinking.
ritalin has big pluses and minuses. so does nicotine.
I am looking to get on a stack of the above again.
pinball
Hey dude, whuttup? I recall chatting with you right after my encounter with the food and drug branch of Cali, wow, that was crazy? I mean, how I must have sounded. And those crazy emails and Internet posts were embarrassing! Oh yeah, and like I'm gonna marry my friends daughter too! It was obvious I wasn't in good shape mentally, but after the case was over, charges dropped, and products returned, I felt much better! I shut down that business and started HundredLives, which is exciting work for me (and now I don't sell any substances purported to make you live longer or smarter; phew!). Indeed, now -- instead of browsing online forums for topics to reply to with my free time, I'm now working on something that may soon revolutionize the health care industry (you should hear more about this very soon). I still plan on taking a class or two at UCSD to keep my brain active to some extend, however.
With respect to your comments regarding lab testing -- first, I lost most of the excitement you may have seen me exhibit in the efficacy data to support the use of most nootropics; so there also went most of my passion for debating (or as you say "arguing") on the purity of such compounds. I mean, the established evidence for the nootropics I was selling was so weak! I also recall I had these multi-colored, multi-sized fonts threads with selective emphasis on the positive bias, but who was I trying to fool by excluding all of the research that suggests that a compound is ineffective (or unsafe)? And how was I supposed to form an organization that would garner the respect of the spectrum of licensed health care professionals (I mean not just MDs, but NDs, DCs, etc.) presenting what some might classify as misleading? So I took down those forums (or just made them invisible to the public -- if you really want to see those, let me know and I can provide you a special password to see those -- colorful -- "forums").
I think it can be fun to play around in online forums with drug and supplement intake, but most folks aren't about to reveal their entire family and medical history in online forums. Not everyone is going to reveal that they may suffer from epilepsy or that three generations of men in their family have suffered from prostate cancer to folks in an anonymous online forum! And this type of information can make a HUGE difference in an individuals diet or exercise regimen. Don't you think it's rather silly to
not work with a professional when determining which medicines or dietary supplements one might consider taking; especially with the advance of Integrative Medicine into mainstream clinical practice? Please click
here and listen to Dr. Robert Jaffe discuss this issue.And if you have time, please review all the video clips on that page. I attended a supplements conference in La Jolla, CA and watched presentations from licensed Medical Doctors that convinced me fully I was doing myself a disservice by not taking advantage of the wisdom and extensive training and education of professionals in this area. In
this post, I tried to elaborate why one might consider a partnership with a licensed professional may be a wiser choice than self-diagnosing and self-medicating.
Back to what you were saying -- do you think it sounds silly to google health conditions, then read anonymous online forums and simultaneously walk away with a diagnosis and prescription?
