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I will say, the older I get, the more I find I need chemical help when I need to learn a new skill fast. I especially rely on Paxil, which I will take for a mon

I will say, the older I get, the more I find I need chemical help when I need to learn a new skill fast. I especially rely on Paxil, which I will take for a month if I need to learn something fast that month. As I get older I want to teach, and perhaps this is natural, to want to teach more and more as we get older, but sometimes that actually gets in the way of learning. It's as if I spent decades putting knowledge into my brain and now I want to pour that knowledge out of my brain. If you've ever read my blog, you know I like to write about things I've learned during my tech and consulting career. But occasionally I need to still put knowledge into the brain, and fast, and chemicals like Paxil are very helpful there. SSRI drugs are known to increase the flexibility with which new neuronal connections are made. And I suspect that is very helpful when trying to learn a new skill fast.

ozzmotik 5y ago
i would personally recommend trying something like idra-21, I've found there aren't many chemicals more useful than it for lubricating the joints so to speak, and considering it has a very small dose and a fairly long half life, it's fairly easy to a regimen around it that has legs and keeps going, and I find it doesn't necessarily come with any horrendously negative side effects. none that I have consistently experienced either I also personally recommend memantine, but that's because it helps me clear out the brain fog and anxiety that normally keeps me from doing basically anything successfully, and it has the same benefit of small dose, MASSIVE half life (60+ hours), and a proven track record of facilitating improved cognitive functioning