ata comments on Open Thread, August 2010-- part 2 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: ata 30 August 2010 05:17:21PM *  4 points [-]

Very interesting — thanks for the information. I'm trying piracetam right now, but this also sounds like something I'd like to try. I have similar problems with mental fatigue and low motivation... unfortunately, I don't yet have even a vague sense of the biochemical basis for my issues (my symptoms match chronic fatigue, but it seems like its causal structure is not well-understood anyway). But it's worth a try, I suppose.

Are you taking this and the piracetam at the same time, or did you stop the piracetam to try this?

Comment author: jimrandomh 30 August 2010 05:58:04PM 3 points [-]

Both at the same time. (I have no particular reason to think they interact, I'm just following the strategy of changing only one thing at a time.) I hope sulbutiamine works for you; but if it doesn't, don't give up, it just means the biochemical issue is somewhere else, and there are many more safe things to try.

Comment author: gwern 30 August 2010 05:53:30PM 3 points [-]

I tried both ways. They didn't seem to interfere or interact.