How can I safely experiment with nootropics?
Okay so I am thinking about starting a nootropic trial and I am currently researching the risks to it. My concern is I will discover allergies I didn't know I had, that's is not something I am aiming to do. Is there a way to test my reaction to individual ingredients with out ingesting to much?
Sincerely,
John Doe
Sincerely,
John Doe
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The only nootropic stuff I've had an issue with was elevated histamine from Noopept.
Mass spec will tell you what is in a sample, to some extent, but requires a reference sample to compare. So if the lab has a reference for e.g. piracetam, then they can compare something that's allegedly piracetam and see if they match, or compare your sample to a reference library to find out what it is. If that doesn't work, it gets significantly more difficult.
There have been reported instances of miss-identified substances getting into people's hands, including a company (Cerebral Health, now BioScience Nutraceuticals) that was supplying diphenhydramine (effective dose around 25mg) as pyritinol (600mg dose). 600mg of diphenhydramine is a serious anticholinergic deleriant trip.
I put some tasting notes on the nootropics reddit a while back. Taste is not a great way to detect what a specific nootropic is, because most of them taste like salted robot ass.
Sincerely,
John Doe