HumanusExMachina
GLP-1 Apprentice
Since I recently finished my first cycle of cerebrolysin, I thought I'd post a bit about my experience.
First: I used the Ever Pharma 10 mL ampules, which is the real cerebrolysin. The 30mg lypholized vials that you sometimes find labeled as cerebrolysin appear to be cerebroprotein, which may do something, but it's not the same stuff. For one thing. the ampules are ~215mg per mL, so you'd need 7 of those vials to even come close to the smallest dose I was taking.
My initial cycle:
On the higher dose, I noticed my sense of smell and my eyesight sharpened. I became far more comfortable interacting with people (I'm an extreme introvert). Many of the things that annoyed me before, became mildly amusing. Friends have commented that I seem far more relaxed.
One of the reasons I did this first cycle is that I have tinnitus. The tinnitus changed over the course of the cycle -- got quieter with a different tone. It's still there, but I'm now hearing things I couldn't hear before.
So far, the changes are pretty much holding at a couple of weeks after the last injection.
My only issue is doing the IM injection. I had to do breathing exercises every day before I could convince myself that stabbing a 1 1/2 inch needle into my leg or glute would not be the end of me. It never actually hurt, but it was always slightly traumatic. (Aside: I mentioned doing IMs to my doctor and she told me she'd been doing them for 15+ years and she still has to mentally prep for them. It got easier learning I wasn't alone in that.)
I'm planning on doing another cycle, probably in two months, maybe three.
First: I used the Ever Pharma 10 mL ampules, which is the real cerebrolysin. The 30mg lypholized vials that you sometimes find labeled as cerebrolysin appear to be cerebroprotein, which may do something, but it's not the same stuff. For one thing. the ampules are ~215mg per mL, so you'd need 7 of those vials to even come close to the smallest dose I was taking.
My initial cycle:
- I started at 1 mL as an intra-muscular injection 5 days on / 2 off for two weeks. That was mostly to decide if I could tolerate it (and could deal with daily IM injections).
- I followed that with 4 weeks of 5 days on / 2 off at 5 mL IM.
On the higher dose, I noticed my sense of smell and my eyesight sharpened. I became far more comfortable interacting with people (I'm an extreme introvert). Many of the things that annoyed me before, became mildly amusing. Friends have commented that I seem far more relaxed.
One of the reasons I did this first cycle is that I have tinnitus. The tinnitus changed over the course of the cycle -- got quieter with a different tone. It's still there, but I'm now hearing things I couldn't hear before.
So far, the changes are pretty much holding at a couple of weeks after the last injection.
My only issue is doing the IM injection. I had to do breathing exercises every day before I could convince myself that stabbing a 1 1/2 inch needle into my leg or glute would not be the end of me. It never actually hurt, but it was always slightly traumatic. (Aside: I mentioned doing IMs to my doctor and she told me she'd been doing them for 15+ years and she still has to mentally prep for them. It got easier learning I wasn't alone in that.)
I'm planning on doing another cycle, probably in two months, maybe three.
