Jan 5, 2024
A few months ago I heard Ari Whitten talk about his experience with neurofeedback on a two part podcast series. Here’s part 1 and part 2. His experience convinced me to start looking back into neurofeedback which I had tried to a limited amount for this blog. So...
Aug 23, 2019
DNRS stands for “Dynamic Neural Retraining System” I had heard and read about the amazing results of this system for many people who have chronic illness, mold illness and multiple chemical sensitivities. I kept hearing about it but I put off trying for...
Mar 11, 2018
Activated charcoal is one of the oldest remedies that exists and it works for a variety of things. Today it is probably most used to treat drug overdose and excess gas. Now those don’t sound like brain related issues but activated charcoal can be used for so...
Nov 16, 2017
Several years ago I started hearing about Heart Rate Variability. It’s basically a measurement of the variation in the amount of time between each heart beat. Apparently, it is a good indicator of overall physiological stress. I won’t go into all the...
Aug 9, 2017
Modafinil is supposedly the ‘limitless’ pill or at least as close as we can get to it. That’s what a lot of people say. Reading on the interwebs we see that there are really wide ranging effects. Some people see no effect. Some people have huge...
Aug 9, 2017
I did a sleep test because I often feel tired and not well rested after sleeping a full night. I heard back recently and apparently I have PLMD and the doctor says it’s severe. Actually, I haven’t talked to the doctor yet. But the guy on the phone told me...
Feb 12, 2017
After doing several Neuroptimal sessions with a somewhat-local practitioner, I decided that the drive to her office and the cost was adding up to too much. She was great and all, but Neuroptimal is set up to be extremely easy to use. While I liked her, once I realized...
Feb 10, 2017
N-Acetyl-Cysteine (NAC) generally increases your body’s antioxidant capacity. Antibiotics, apparently can damage your mitochondria. According to this post by Dr. Perlmutter, NAC will help prevent that damage. Nice! What does this have to do with your brain?...
Dec 16, 2016
After a week on Cortex, I decided to give Alpha Brain a try. The last day on Cortex I wasn’t really getting the effects anymore. So bearing that in mind… When I tried Alpha Brain my cognitive function suffered. I really don’t think it was the Alpha...
Dec 11, 2016
I came across the Cortex nootropic stack when I happened upon the “Live Cortex” podcast whilst searching for podcasts talking about nootropics. The podcast is pretty good and during the course of it he talks up his product quite a bit. He gives frequent...
