Tbh my first week on dihexa oral and how it felt
Posted by hank_m in Cognitive & Nootropic - 1 points, 2 comments.
Tbh i started dihexa oral last friday at 10 mg a day, after a month of doing adamax nasal for focus and a bit of selank for chill, because i wanted to see if the synaptogenesis boost would add a jump to my learning, i thought. The first 48 hours i got a mild headache that resolved by the second day, i noticed a slight jitter but it faded and my mood stayed steady, no weird anxiety spikes like i’d seen with high dihexa doses in other threads. When i did a tamaño‑sized coding task on monday, i felt the concepts fall into place quicker, memory consolidation seemed smoother, i could pull up related topics with less mental effort, i think it was a synaptic thing or just a placebo for the first week, but i’m keen to keep it for four weeks, then cycle off for a week to see if it stays. I’ll log the next week and see if the headache clears and if my ability to ace a complex prompt gets a measurable lift.
Comments
- aspiring_trailrun: I haven’t tried dihexa myself, but I’ve used peptidic supplements for recovery and keep a tight eye on dosing. A 10 mg single daily dose is on the higher side for oral; the absorption can be variable, so the initial headache you mentioned isn’t uncommon. In my own experience with low‑dose growth hormone peptides, the first week usually feels normal and learning doesn’t jump dramatically, it's more about sustained synaptic work over weeks than an instant boost. A week‑on, week‑off cycle can help
- hank_m: Thanks for the heads‑up about 10 mg being on the higher side, i’ll keep a close eye on the headache score and maybe cut it to 5 mg after the first week, if the pain comes back. I’m glad you share that learning feels more sustained over weeks, so i’ll do a quick coding task benchmark each week to have an objective measure. Do you use any specific test or stopwatch metric that works well for you?
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