sapho juice

[reckless_rex]

"It is by will alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the juice of Sapho that thoughts acquire speed, the lips acquire stains, the stains become a warning. It is by will alone I set my mind in motion."
I realized I'm doing things in a really stupid way: the energy drinks are overpriced, and if all I want is the cognitive boost I should just buy the

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[drumnbach]

Hurry up with the sapho report! :P I'm starting college in a week, I need to sort my disorderly brain out.

[reckless_rex]

Honestly, the best thing to do is self-experimentation. But the only things I can say for sure right now is that stuff with high ginseng and moderate amounds of guarana does give a slight but noticeable boost in concentration. The other stuff like taurine is more for a physical energy boost, and that helps too when you don't sleep very much (like me), but it really depends what you want it for.

[xshardsx]

Remember to do all things in moderation; if you chemically accelerate your brain all the time, it will wear out, you'll develop a tolerance, and you'll be left right back where you started, only you'll need to keep taking that stuff in order to just maintain your level of conciousness.

A mind-expanding chemical is a mind-expanding chemical, whether artificial or herbal.

[reckless_rex]

There isn't a universal law dictating that you build up a tolerence for everything -- Exhibit A being the millions of people who take daily medication for chronic conditions. That's really only true of a fairly limited number of substances. You know I do my homework, and the studies have been done. It's the equivalent of overclocking your brain in a modest way, and it's completely sustainable. I'd be more worried about my blood-sugar dropping (but that's easily compensated for), or the chance that my blood pressure might go up (bad news for someone with my family history).

On second thought I'll skip the ginkgo though -- it's not been demonstrated to my satisfaction that it actually does anything.

What I'd really like to try is piracetam, but that'll have to wait until I can be bothered to get my own credit card.