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[tracer]

I read on various sites that Vasopressin is actually ADH (Anti-Duiretic Hormone). If so, one would be trading enhanced cognition for higher blood-pressure, fluid retention, etc. Are these the same hormones, or are those websited just wrong?

[lynx]

Same, however, vasopresssin is no longer available only desmopressin, which many think has little cognitive benefit only side effects.

[LifeMirage]

Demopressin is one of the best researched compound in healthy adults for memory.....at the doses used in the studies little side effects were seen.

[tracer]

I was rather more interested in Vasopressin to augment the dive deflex (the autonomic response which causes dilation of the cerebral and cardio-pulmonary vasculature, and constriction of peripheral vasculature). I was looking to an adjunct for my dive-reflex training.

Vasopression seemed to offer promise as some studies document its effects as a peripheral vasoconstrictor and a cerebral vasodilator. Nothing explicit and solid in humans, and nothing combining it with the dive reflex.

If Desmopressin can do this, then it might be a valid alternative. Failign which there is always good old gingko. However, part of my "stack" will be some vasodilators like citrulline malate or arginine ethyl ester.

This is, of course, a bit of a thought-experiment at the moment. i still have not satisfied myself that too much oxygen in the brain might not be a good thing (i.e. oxidative damage of neurons)