On 6/12 I
published here a post about my “discovery” of nootropics that are simple OTC (over the counter) supplements that look very much
like meds (pills,
caps, etc.…) that
in my complete medical ignorance I had hoped that could start the
neuroplasticity of the injured brain, I even exchanged dozens of emails both
with “experts” in this field and developers in this seemingly profitable
supplements field.
What I had
wanted to believe is that the heavy sleepiness that I developed shortly after
ingesting one of these supplements was simply because I wasn’t used to them, so
I decided to give it few days to get used to this new (for me) supplement, however since I spend
all day long in the internet, I looked around to learn more about these
substances and I learned that I’m not the only one with the same “side effect”,
in fact my “sleepiness” even has its name, it’s called “brain fog” that – of course
– can be treated with yet more OTC pills that for the major part contain caffeine
(Daaahhhhh!!).
As the
idiot (or
brain injured) I am
I decided to toss away few more $$ in the acquisition of such “magic solutions”
to my sleepiness issue and I decided to give it a good try, hoping that my
normally very reactive and superiorly self-healing organism could do the magic
and repair my motor cortex (= the ONLY injured part of my brain).
I’m now
sadly at the point that I’ve decided to keep ingesting these pills of plastic
just to feel that I’m not throwing them all away, I decided in fact that as I
empty the packaging of each pill I’m not going to replace it with a new one…..
in other words, I’m going for the process of self-elimination.
What makes
me wonder big time is that my forever damned physiatrist B. used to have me take 3 pills of Piracetam (the very first and probably most serious nootropic in
the market since decades) each day; I’d say that this is one important reason that had me go
after this “nootropics path”.
As I just
said – I’m sure I’ll make plenty of my visitors here rather disappointed – I’m
completely done with this yet other experiment, no neuroplasticity has
restarted, nor I ever felt the very objective that these supplements proudly
claim to give (focus,
memory, attention and logic).
Given that
most of these supplements target as their market the people affected by
Alzheimer’s or other similar brain conditions I can say that they really aren’t
in the market to help injured brains, I’d say because they surely don’t affect
the brain plasticity, I’d surely know by now.
Since these
supplements are all OTC you can buy them online wherever (for me, my beloved eBay) they aren’t expensive at all and
given that they are made with lots of vitamins of the B group. Plus iron,
manganese, etc.… etc.. if I haven’t helped my neuroplasticity, I’ve surely given
a vast amount of vitamins and minerals to my system. In other words, if I haven’t
helped my brain get better, I certainly helped my body for anything else it
might need to live well balanced and healthy.
- http://peaknootropics.com/nootropics-brain-injury-damage/
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5021479/
- http://nootropicgeek.com/nootropics-for-post-concussion-traumatic-brain-injury-recovery/
- http://www.longecity.org/forum/topic/66077-recovery-from-traumatic-brain-injury-need-help-with-nootropics-or-medications/
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5056292/
- http://www.longecity.org/forum/topic/48867-longterm-use-of-piracetam/
- http://www.ixneuro.com/concussions.html?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI6JPexMGt1QIVBJR-Ch2ARAjoEAAYASAAEgJAXvD_BwE
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