Ceebs' Neurogenex diary.

[Ceebs]

Same here. I've gone through the sample pack, but every time I took it, it made me either very sleepy or just plain zombie-like, mentally. I could not force myself to focus in class at all. I also tried it when I really needed to buckle down and do some serious studying one night...ended up passed out on my bed shortly thereafter.

At least you didn't get insomnia from it.

There's a phenomenon called paradoxical pharmacology where stimulants elicit a depressant effect, and vice versa. This could be the force at work. Or maybe there's a huge fast influx of stimulatory neurotransmitters that your brain isn't used to, whence your cognitive abilities have temporarily increased beyond your brain's ability to use them. Try opening the cap and dumping out half into an empty capsule? It's possible that it's too much at once.

I'll quit hypothesizing and let Dr. macro chime in.

 

[SteelWeaver]

No no Ceebs - your hypotheses are welcome anytime Well, today wasn't as bad as yesterday, but I still ended up passed out for longish periods when I normally wouldn't have been. And worse, have been eating a whole lotta junk - half a box of chocolate cookies, for eg ..., choc brownie .... Jeez, I'm not normally like this. (Oh, and although I passed out AFTER those, I passed out before too, so no special effect here).

I have some of my own hypotheses - dunno anything about dopamine, etc, but I DID do my first ever PL comp on Sunday, so I'm wondering if that didn't just kick my ass pretty hard, and that's why I've been inordinately hungry and tired. Any PL's have this experience?

The other possible explanation for the cookie munching is possible PMS, but if it is, it's 10 days early, also unusual, so I don't think that. Just don't know, but will see what happens after I get some real decent sleep tonight. But I'm not popping those things before training tomorrow, that's for sure!

 

[macrophage69alpha]

could very well be a choline deficiency. especially if you eat a low fat diet.

do you eat..
eggs, meat, fish, nuts, legumes, or soy?

 

[SteelWeaver]

I'm veggie, so I don't eat meat or fish, but I eat lots of egg whites, one egg yolk per day, tbsn flax seeds, about half an ounce walnuts, staple carbs are legumes and oatmeal, eat soy now & then, and I snack a lot on other nuts ... and peanut butter, yum.

I just took first cap today, so will see what happens in the next few hours. I have some serious studying to do.

 

[Ulter]

Hey girl!! Don't leave me hanging. What happened today?

 

[SteelWeaver]

Ha ha. Sorry Ulter. Actually - last couple of days have been OK. I have the feeling that the unusual sleeping and sugar eating behaviour the first few days of the week were related to my PL comp. Sunday - I think it just REALLLY took much more out of me than I expected it to. Wow - so that's PL!

So I haven't been passing out at odd times anymore, but otherwise don't really notice much difference in cognitive abilities, reflexes, ability to concentrate - anything like that. Still on 2 caps a day. My snatch went up 5 kilos in about 10 days, which is a big jump. Don't know what that's related to. Anyway, will continue to monitor, see how things progress.

 

[macrophage69alpha]

Still on 2 caps a day. My snatch went up 5 kilos in about 10 days, which is a big jump. Don't know what that's related to. Anyway, will continue to monitor, see how things progress.

that may be a improved CNS effect.. certainly sounds like it

 

[SteelWeaver]

Yeah, I was kind of wondering about that - OL is very "mental" in that sense, and at this stage, 5kgs is an 11% increase. Now, I wonder how my chem test will be tomorrow ...

 

[Ceebs]

...And strength in general is mostly neural - actual contractile tissue hypertrophy comes later.

Good luck with your chem test!

 

[Ceebs]

I love Neurogenex.