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[drumttocs8]

Not sure if this is in the right section- apologies if not- but I'm curious if anybody would have any insight on this.

I currently feel like the pressure in my brain is higher than normal. It feels weird- not the good kind of brain expansion, haha. There's no pain- I literally never get headaches for whatever reason- but it just feels like there's too much pressure in there. This was finals week, and I used amphetamines and rhodiola every day to get shit done and to lessen the weird anxiety I get during presentations... plus I got about 5-6 hours of sleep every night. I usually use amphetamines sparingly- just on test days- and I usually get about 8-8.5 hours of sleep every night.

I realize that I may have answered my own question, but I'm more interested in the mechanism and how I can modulate this problem "right now". I woke up very tired, and took more amphetamine and rhodiola to try to wake up- but I have a slight brain fog anyway. I'm generally very alert and can process information in near real-time- but I've had to go back and add words I forgot to type while typing this post and correct tenses and stuff. Not normal at all.

Sorry for the whining, heh.

[renfr]

I also have this kind of pressure mostly on my forehead and area of my nose. I attribute this to high dopaminergic activity because it occurs when I take a lot of fish oil or eat a lot of polyinsaturated fats, and it also indeed reduce my sleep needs.
It's probably the amphetamines for you.

[helluva nootro]

Be interesting to see some more responses and analysis on this, I know there can be a few contributing factors but always good to get a little hyper-analysis

[Patrick Sylvester]

bringing this up again: i just did some cardio (3k & multiple stair reps) and have the pressure in forehead and nose area.
earlier i ate some cheese and took DLPA and L-tyrosine 1gram each to try and fight off sleepyness from the night before (got like 4 hours trying to change schedule to wake before 6). as i type this its taking longer to think out the sentences (flow) and im making frequent errors in spelling which i never do but i am preemptively typing. kinda like in a hypomanic state i don't feel too much brain fog though. however i suspect my baseline function is always under brainfog and so my idea of a little is actually a lot for some. will try some choline, lots of water and a cold bath.

[Tom_]

Its blood. In your face.

[zeddy]

i have this pressure too, my nose aswell as my head around the temples and its a little disconcerting i must say . ive been taking 20mg of noopept with 250mg citicoline once a day for the past couple of weeks and it only started in the past couple of days. i hope it goes away as its hard to get a good nights sleep when your face is throbbing.

[Patrick Sylvester]

Yea, I know. cold bath fixed it