Some thoughts from another noob.
I also find it hard to believe people, who report strong LSD- or speed-like effects from racetams, I guess effect can be strong only if you have some kind of defficiency. Placebo tend to work wonders as well=)
The trick with racetams and other "true" nootropics (as opposed to stimulants, like modafinil, or deprenyl) is that you'll hardly notice anything on subjective side, you won't get high, or particularly motivated, you won't get productivity boost, etc. If that's what you expect, stick on stimulants. However there are subtle effects that tend to build up over time, e.g. my nootropic stack helped to solve tong-tie problem (I used to stop occasionally for a few seconds, trying to remember some word). After a few weeks a number of "jigamies" in my speech was reduced significantly. Also, I am a translator, my general workflow is "reading source sentence - composing several options - picking the best - typing it", first 3 steps should happen real fast - fractions of a second. Nootropics seemed to help with this, subjectively the process became smoother, and faster.
Color perception changed as well, but not for better, and neither for worse... Just different.
Try to search "attack dosage" on this forum, this might be your solution.
PS: Phenotropil can be strong at the beginning, but that's a different story.
Edited by Vultures, 17 September 2009 - 10:20 AM.
