Major Legend, do you mind elaborating on your experiences with Galantamine, Coluracetam, and Adrafinil with regards to their effects on verbal fluency? Thanks.
I can't believe, I'm choosing to write one of these, but with the attitudes of some of the more elitist members of the nootropics community at large, I feel it's necessary to avoid any attempts at flaming beforehand. As a disclaimer, these are purely anecdotes and should not be taken as anything but a single user's subjective experience. Any backlashes over a "lack of objectivity" will have missed the point, and I don't wish to convey the following in any light other than a subjective one. That being said, while I'd like to post studies where applicable, I still don't seem to have any privilege to do so at this point, so this will have to do.
In my experience, Piracetam has definitely provided a marked increase in verbal fluency and social confidence. My thinking became just a little bit more quick and efficient, words came more easily, phrases tied together in more interesting ways. I'm not an everyday user due to the racetams compounding my depression after 3 days or so of continuous use. I haven't tried to dose frequently again since beating my depression, but I've noticed no tolerance to any of these effects after infrequent dosing over a period of 6 months, granted I have been using NMDA antagonists to combat amphetamine tolerance, which likely has some similar effect on racetam tolerance as well. Strangely enough, this increase in depressive symptoms did not occur with other non-racetam AMPAkines such as IDRA-21. I can't comment on the racerams in this regard.
Methylene Blue at low, 60mcg doses every 3-4 hours has diminished anxiety in a way similar to benzos, though I don't believe it has any effect at all on GABA receptors. The effect isn't obvious until actual social interaction takes place, unlike benzos where the relaxing effect seems apparent in just about any situation. It's definitely working in the background though, and I feel as though MB has an incredibly wide range of cognitive effects, from working memory, short-term memory, and long-term memory to hand-eye coordination and fear extinction - subjectively I've noticed all of these to some extent or another, though once again, only if I'm actively performing a task related to that area. Given how cheap it is - most users can pick up all necessary supplies for around $30, and this will easily last for at least a decade, especially if you choose to order the powder and follow proper storage procedures - absolutely everyone should be using Methylene Blue. Best value in the pharmaceutical industry, period.
Coluracetam, although I wouldn't say I've noticed spoken verbal fluency, written verbal fluency is very apparent. The ability to come up with just the right words to say in somehow the most perfect order conceivable is 100x that of Piracetam, and I'm only exaggerating slightly there. On Coluracetam, I write with sheer, unabashed confidence, not a drop of hesitation seeping through the works. Everything I write is the way it is, and anyone who disagrees damned well better have a good reason as to why not - that's the sort of attitude I take on Coluracetam, not in a cocky sort of way, for clarity's sake, but in a stand-your-ground, completely sure in oneself way. I haven't observed this same effect in speaking, but that's more than likely because I wasn't paying attention to that aspect and missed it rather than my not having experienced the effect at all. Confidence aside, there's definitely a powerfully creative side to my writing, one I haven't had the chance to experience on any other substance, with my writings on Coluracetam. Even psychedelics, creatively-stimulating as they have been for me, cannot quite meet the same standard set by Coluracetam. I would certainly imagine those two to be an excellent combination for writing specifically, though speaking would be promising as well, so long as the doses are kept within the sub-psychedelic range. Although writing becomes long-winded and tedious under the distracting psychedelia of substances such as 5-MeO-MiPT, not to mention those sometimes annoying animalistic and hedonistic urges that pop up from time to time, I do find that even psychedelic doses of tryptamines (and I may extrapolate that to phenethylamines as well) can add an interesting dimension to my writing, and one that is absolutely worth the excessive time it takes to get those thoughts down. Thoughts under high-doses of a psychedelic substance tend to be more simplistic, but beautifully so. When I look at my writing on high doses of psychedelics versus sub-psychedelic doses versus myself on stimulants/racetams or sometimes even nothing at all, the differences become clear. High doses of psychedelics add this exquisite, masterfully-executed simplicity to my writing style, one that could stand toe-to-toe with some of the great authors of our time and times past. Sub-psychedelic doses take full advantage of each and every one of my cognitive faculties to maximize coherency and avoid going on long rants on ultimately meaningless subjects. You could say they act to "cut the bullshit" and keep the top-notch content that will serve best to stimulate my audience. Stimulants without a benzo in combination to slow down my thought processes always without fail results in a rant style of writing that bears little to no real artistic value, and often can end up being somewhat hateful and resentful in tone in certain areas of the work. As for the racetams, including and especially Coluracetam, my writing style takes on a more creative, yet cognitively uncompromising tone that I simply love more than anything else I've seen myself write. Similes and metaphors are executed masterfully, every word chosen is not only adequate, but brilliantly chosen - nay, perfect even. No mistakes are made, grammar is always perfect (though I'll admit that may be more down to my OCD than the substance itself), and the words just flow calmly and elegantly across the page. Nothing is out of place, and nothing is in need of revision as soon as I'm done. I never cease to be amazed at just how much Coluracetam does for me in this area. I still have plenty of Coluracetam remaining, so I'm sure I'll have the chance to discover something in regards to its effect on speaking in the near future. Right now I'll say I have a strong hunch that Coluracetam will perform nearly as well but not quite so when compared to its impact on writing style. I'll update with more information when or if I can confirm this hypothesis.
Amphetamines, although I generally wouldn't recommend them due to multiple different factors including neurotoxicity, which, contrary to popular belief, is not as much a concern as some might lead others to believe, and while not entirely without danger, this is generally reversible and with minimal harm when maintaining the proper dose and keeping it low at all times. Regardless of the general consensus for this class of medications, I still feel it has some significant use in this area that shouldn't be ignored for the sake of avoiding another controversy. Although I found methylphenidate to be entirely counterproductive in this area, dextroamphetamine has had quite the opposite result on me. My confidence levels skyrocket, I have less hesitation when I speak, the right phrases just seem to come together but unlike racetams, amphetamines can make one come off as incredibly arrogant if you're not careful in this area. The confidence boost borders and sometimes even reaches overconfidence, which is why I tend to use in combination with a benzo, along with decreasing neurotoxicity. Memantine and other mild NMDA antagonists work well in this area too, as well as minimizing and, in taking breaks, reversing tolerance much quicker than with abstinence alone. I haven't noticed much difference in verbal fluency when it comes to reducing stuttering (I stutter only very occasionally, but I do notice when that's eliminated entirely), but for the rest of the effects desired, dextroamphetamine is top-notch. I've combined with Piracetam and Coluracetam separately on occasion and it proved an excellent combination, bringing my abilities to borderline-genius levels and really allowing me to pump out some quality writing in record times. However, I must warn you that this combination can bring on excitotoxicity, so only use this combination with something that increases the expression of BDNF, including but not limited to Semax, Dihexa, and (yes) THC. I haven't noticed any negative symptoms myself, but better safe than sorry!
The last notable substance to increase verbal abilities for me has been PRL-8-53. PRL-8-53 has improved confidence (though not quite to the level of amphetamines), increased vocabulary usage more than any other substance I know of including Coluracetam, allowed me to far better retain learned vocabulary, which obviously on its own would help increase verbal expression anyways, and lastly it's given me this uncanny relaxed alertness, allowing me to become more engaged in social interactions, taking in and using more information than I might otherwise have used. These three factours combined make PRL-8-53 a uniquely useful substance in improving each of the variables you've mentioned above, OP. I'd seriously advice you to check them out, do a bit of research, and perhaps pick up a few of them, especially MB, which, need I remind you, is absolutely dirt cheap. Good day, and I hope this was of help to those of you out there looking for it. 