Smart Drugs

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So i was watching a Alzheimer's commercial yesterday and i started thinking i bet if i take some Aricept i will be a lot smarter. So i searched it and found some stuff making it sound like it does make your normal guy smarter.

I remember reading about corporate ladder drugs a while back. People in top notch white collar jobs taking drugs that help your cognitive abilities so you can further advance. I remember kids in school always trying to score some adderall or ritalin before a big test or finals. Im thinking that behavior has to carry over into the real world too.

So I got a pretty bad case of add, and used to take adderall and dexedrine when i was younger, but i hate the way stimulants make you feel. I would always end up selling or giving them away just because i couldnt stand taking them. I dont even really like caffeine unless its on the weekend or something.

When i completely refused to take stimulants they gave me strattera. It isnt instantaneous like a stimulant but if after a couple months it really helped me become focused. I dont think it made me any smarter but i could definitely get more accomplished while i was on it, and i wasnt all over the place like i normally would be. I havent taken it in a while though, but ive been thinking about "juicing" my mind back up at some point. I definitely dont accomplish things like i used to at work.

In a hour or so of internet searching the big mainly non-stimulant ones seem to be Straterra, Aricept, and Provigil. Provigil is FDA approved for narcolepsy, but it it suspected that 90% of prescriptions out there are off label uses. A lot of people are doing things to get that extra edge or to keep up with the younger guys once they get older. I bet there are doctors out there that specialize in this type of thing.

So if you could make yourself smarter or allow yourself to accomplish more just by taking some pills that dont other wise affect the way you feel, would you?