Ep 84: The dangers and side effects of Nootropics

Ah. The question of nootropics safety. It’s a question that comes up from time to time in the nootropics community, and largely centers around people having bad experiences from using nootropics incorrectly.

I say this all the time: nootropics are not coffee. Not even close. They’re nothing like it. With coffee, you can drink a cup.. get the caffeine, and then boom.. you’ve got the wakefulness effect.

It’s pretty measured, and the volatility of effects are not that significant. Nootropics on the other hand go like this:

  1. One has to understand what nootropics they need. Some people may need dopamine centric nootropics (Afinils, L-Tyrosine, Phenylalanine). Others, acetylcholine centric nootropics (Aniracetam, CDP Choline, Alpha GPC, and Noopept)
  2. Then – one has to understand and tactically take the right dose for them. Some folks respond to broad brush recommendations (IE: 700MG Aniracetam, 200MG CDP Choline), but others may respond to much more specific doses (like: 400MG Aniracetam, 75MG Alpha GPC).
  3. The user has to be cautious not to combine too  many stimulant like nootropics at once.. or if they do, take them all in medium to low doses.

And more. If those simple guidelines aren’t followed, and instead people haphazardly take a bunch of nootropics at once, because they saw someone else do it on Reddit, they’re bound to run into side effects. And the type run the gamut.

Everything from:

  1. Headaches.. to
  2. Brain fog
  3. Memory issues
  4. Verbal fluency issues
  5. Motivation problems
  6. Lethargy/tiredness
  7. MORE.

We got an email in from a user who complained that after taking Phenylpiracetam, Tyrosine, Theacrine, Phenylalanine, and Adrafinil, in random doses, he got over stimulated, couldn’t sleep, and was wickedly irritable. Yep! That’ll happen!

With nootropics, “surgical use” is the way to go about it. For more on surgically using nootropics, read: Smarter Better Faster.

We will discuss this user’s experiments, what he did wrong, and how to fix it in this podcast!! Enjoy.

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