Everyone seems to react different. You may want to search other boards that are nootropic oriented or I like erowid.com. Aniracetam makes me tired and does not dissolve in water, but is tasteless, some mix it with chocomine. Piracetam has a strong chemical taste it jacks me if I take too much at once i get head aches, but it dissolves in water and gives me instant states of clarity.
Aniracetam is a different racemic mixture of piracetam.
It is a different form that may, or may not be more effective than aniracetam (no conclusive research has been done that I can locate.) From its molecular structure it is nonpolar. thats why it wont dissolve in water. It's best capped and taken with EFA's (Omega 3/Omega 6 Oils) like fish/flaxseed oil for it to work at full capacity.
Piracetam has had lots of research (medical, neurological, neurobiochemical) and otherwise that can be found pretty easily on either Academic Search Premier, Pubmed or you can check wikipedia for a collection of abstracts on journals.
At the doses indicated (1.5 - 2.5g) 1 - 2x daily. It is not even close to being neurotoxic, hepatoxic, or otherwise.
also I'd advise people to stay away from large amounts of DMAE for now until further research is concluded. a few new journal reports I've read have indicated that DMAE is more likely a competitive inhibitor in that it competes with choline for receptor sites rather than being a precursor of choline.
so in high doses it make actually block out choline.
additionally when you do take neurotropics. be sure they are in forms that are effective.
Example: Lecithin/Choline Bitrate is a **** source for choline (due to its very low bioabsorption). Alpha GPC or CDP Choline are probably the most effective choline supplements around. anything is probably a waste of your money at this point in time.
as with any supplement stack.
neurotropics should be started one at a time so that if you respond badly in some way (sleepyness, nausea, overstimulation) you will be able to identify which one it is and eliminate it.
as for the aspartame controversy.
There's enough credible published research as well as "questionable" research on both sides. He is stating the results of "one side" of the debate. I wish when people would make claims about a certain mechanism being in a study, they would qualify it with a reference to at the very least an abstract of the primary source.
I generally like to follow the rule that if two sides, who both have intelligent people behind it are fighting for a point, the truth is usually somewhere in between.
its probably not the worst substance ever. but its not good either.
I'd just stay away from it in general
Neurostim kinda sucks anyway.
crappy ineffective "filler" choline.
they don't give you the exact amounts of
Huperzine, DMAE or Tyrosine and aspartame?
waste.
You could get a MUCH better and effective neurotropic stack(if you must have a kitchen sink neurotropic)
along the lines of Ortho-Mind or Get Smart.
and they are pills. easier than drinking yet another mix.
I prefer orthomind myself.
I like how they list very clearly what forms they use.
How much etc. None of this "proprietary mix" crap to hide how much "filler" they use.
If they try to pass off a bunch of ingredients contained in a proprietary mix in which they don't show the exact amount of each ingredient
they got something to hide.
Much better neuroprotective/tropic properties than neurostim
good antioxidants, etc.
SUPPLEMENT FACTS:
Serving Size: 6 Capsules %DRI
R(+)-lipoic acid ……………………................. 100 mg *
Huperzine-A (from 20 mg Huperzia serrata 0.5%) 100 mcg *
Vinpocetine ……………..……………. 15 mg *
Bacopa monniera extract(50% baccosides A&B) 300 mg *
Ginkgo biloba extract……………….. 100 mg *
(24% ginkgoflavone glycosides, 6% terpene lactones)
Cytidine diphosphate choline ……….. 500 mg *
Acetyl-L-Carnitine HCl…………………. 1500 mg *
L-Pyroglutamic Acid ………………….... 1500 mg *
Pantothenic acid ………………….... 500 mg 10000
