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I think that there is no free lunch in the human brain. If you take something, your brain will adapt to an equilibrium, down-regulating whatever transmitters yo
by logicslave 6y ago
I think that there is no free lunch in the human brain. If you take something, your brain will adapt to an equilibrium, down-regulating whatever transmitters you are manipulating. Strategies like drug cycling, minimal use, etc can all be used to partially mitigate this. But in the long run, sleep, exercise, diet, sex, and social relationships are the contributors to a healthy brain.
- theonemind 6y agoI wouldn’t think any sort of indirect manipulation would have immunity to a down regulation effect.
- muzani 6y agoMost of the nootropics guides also say this - the best nootropic is sleep, diet, exercise, but the drugs are a bonus.
- adamhearn 6y agoAnti oxidants are sort of a free lunch. Reducing inflammation that is very common will tremendously boost brain power.
- randomopining 6y agoYup, the body is so complex that sleep and good diet and low stress are abstractions that evolved over millions of years to simply “make us better” at doing what humans do. Over the long term, nothing beats it. But there are performance enhancers in pure performance and also in spiritual/mental aspects that can make you see problems in different ways. Best of the former is adderall, a good one of the latter is shroom microdose.