Ok first of I want to thank Steve Silwa for sending me:
- Pyritinol 50 grams raw

and

L-Tryptophan 150 grams raw

The basis of this log is where I had previously asked Steve and others here in a thread in the Neuro forum about noortropics and/or supplements that might help me to focus. I feel like I have a mild case of ADD. Stimulants like Amph or Ritalin are not an option b/c I am a recovering alcoholic & drug addict (including long history of abuse of cocaine, amph, and methamph, among others) so unless a stim like that was prescribed by a doctor in conjunction with oversight by a board certified addictionoligist, Im not taking it. So Steve was gracious enough to contact me and offer me these items (WITHOUT ASKING ME TO LOG THEM I MIGHT ADD); I chose to log them for shits n giggles.

I have some minimal prior experience w/cogs and/or noors: I ran DMAE and piracetam (I think, it was a tam I know that much).

My current situation:

I am a 3rd year law school student at a pretty good law school. I go to school full time. I work about 20 hours per week (which is about 8 hours over the ABA recommended weekly work hours for a full time law student) in a very busy and successful plaintiff's firm where the work I do is consistent with the work of an associate lawyer who has been there for 5+yrs. I am married with an 8yr old child (meaning unlike some of my classmates, I dont get to spend all my time at school or studying). I of course try to hit gym 3x per week. I spend time on the boards. I am an active member of a 12-step program. Also I have finals coming up in about 6 weeks. I have a very intense mock trial coming up in about 4 weeks. I have a real trial that I am trying by myself next month, but this wont be as intense as the mock trial honestly (the defendant is representing himself & he is not a lawyer + this is a bench trial i.e. no jury).

So suffice to say I have a decent amount of stress and I am very busy. I have had a difficult time focusing on school this year so I hope that these products will help me focus

Day 1:

Took roughly 1/8 tspn of Pyritinol (400mg) on a somewhat empty stomach
- tastes like shit
- tough to measure
I will probably cap this up to make things easier

Later I plan on taking another 400mg of Pyr + 750mg of L-Tryp

Steve if you catch this, can you tell me what % of a tsp = 750mg of L-Tryp?

thanks,

bb

Yeah Pyritinol tastes like pure crap. 400-1,200 mg is the usually dose range. I take 1.2 grams or more at once personally to see an effect.
For the Tryp you need a d scale as I have no idea how to measure it with a tsp.

Yeah I have a scale. OK thanks so much Steve. Im sure your tolerance for noors is a wee bit higher than mine. Been t - 30 and already feel some alertness from Pyr.

bb

Well good....just don't snort it.

No, no snorting. But I do have my arm tied off with my belt and Im looking for my slin pins.....

bb

Sounds like my kind of party.

OK Justin, for one what the fuck is wrong with the reply function. This is the third fucking time I have written this thing b/c for some reason in the middle of my rant, it just disappears (last time I hit the insert emoticons button and my reply just disappeared).

So short n sweet:

pyr: 400mg
l-trypto: 600mg + 200mg
Adrenaline: 2 caps
blue up: 1 cap (not sure if stim version)
chromium picolinate: 525mg
sesamin oil: 1.5ml
CLA: 3g
fish oil: 2g
vit c: 4g
rebound reloaded: 1 cap
multi, magnesium, 50mg dhea, garlic extract, hawthorne berry, red yeast rice
green tea extract: 400mg

couple of cups of coffee, 4 egg whites (prior to vits/supps)

Was very shaky so ate a granola bar and took about 200-300mg more of the l-trypto. was very irritable on drive to school this a.m.; could have killed this stupid bitch driver. Could kill this reply function right now for making me write this 3x. Too much Adrenaline I think. Will see how mental function is this a.m. Im def moving.

bb

Ugh, you're a better man than I if you can tolerate the taste of pyritinol. I threw some into a protein shake once and I had to dump the entire thing.

No pain no gain.

bb

Reduced the stims today and feeling much better

Focus is great.

bb

b to the hump

Sorry been verrrry busy. Stack is working well IMO. Concentration is up. Memory is good. Also not getting mentally fatigued in the late afternoons.

bb