There always seems to be some really cool shit going on in Russia. I’ve always wanted to make a trip out there. For one, I think Russian women are hot. Well, to be clear, I think HOT Russian women are HOT. I’ve also appreciated all of the changes that have occurred over time in that country. So much strife, revolution, and yes – experimentation. If we wanted to know more about crazy, revolutionary drugs or programs, even if they turned out bunk in the end, we’d turn to Russia.
Selank is an example of the Ruskies getting it right. Damn right if I do say so myself. Selank is a peptide, a string of amino acids, that have some really unique effects on the body and mind. It is touted as both an anxiolytic (reliever of anxiety) and nootropic (it makes you smart). I can’t yet vouge for the nootropic effects of this compound, but I can definitely attest the anxiety relief that Selank offers.
I purchased 5mg of Selank from here. I had read of several other people talking about this having a subtle but noticeable mood stabilizing effect. The dosages in studies are usually somewhere between 1 and 3 mg per day. This 5 mg bottle wouldn’t last me long at that dosage, and even at 1 mg a day I’d have to buy about 6 bottles at $25 per to make it a whole month. Not exactly cost-effective. But I have heard of users experimenting with amounts in the microgram range, so I started with 250mcg.
I am very sensitive to how drugs make me feel. Call it a gift, call it a curse. In this case I called it a godsend. After about an hour I just became calm and focused. I enjoyed menial tasks like cleaning the kitchen. My body experienced a subtle tickling effect, similar to goosepimples you get when you hear an amazing song or watch an amazing performance.
I have since continue to dose the same amount, and it’s been five days. If things continue in this fashion I’ll probably be taking it for as long as it’s available. To be clear, there was no abusable sense of euphoria from this product. I did not get high. It just made me feel good.
So my next step was to start digging into the research behind this chemical. After all, Russia is very secretive about their special stuff, AND even if they’re completely open, I don’t speak a single word of Russian.
I am not going to write a dissertation on this but here are two studies I found that really highlight Selank’s effects.
The first one: Selank is most likely doing a lot of its magic by increasing endorphins. Scientists gave mice a drug that releases a lot of dopamine called Apomorphine. Selank had a particularly strong effect of increasing Apomorphine’s effects. But when they gave an opiate blocker, naloxone, the beneficial effect Selank had on things was greatly diminished. So it appears that Selank works some of it’s magic through the endorphin system, the internal opiate system.
The second one: After rats were given a special poison, 6 hydroxydopamine which causes severe damage to receptors for catecholamines (serotonin, dopamine, norepinephrine), they were then treated with Selank. In the rats treated with Selank, cognitive functioning was restored. What does this mean to me? Well, someone who may have never abused drugs before in their life may find very little benefit to this drug.
But if you’re like me and you’ve probably done one too many tabs of ecstacy or one too many beers, or so on, you probably notice along with that remorse, a certain sense of mental dull. If my hunches serve me well, and they usually do, Selank may actually help me get that mental brightness back that I had before I wasted so many brain cells trying to achieve hedonic bliss.
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