I thought this might be an interesting study to give a shot, as I have a good amount of aniracetam lying around at my house leftover from use as a nootropic, and I should be able to easily get more (I haven't checked on the site in a while, but I assume it hasn't changed, and I can always go somewhere else if it has).

I've heard a lot of talk of racetams enhancing dreams before, and I've observed this effect from piracetam before. As I've said, I've used aniracetam as a nootropic before but I would dose early in the day, which I think lowered its ability to effect my dreams, if it does have significant effects. I thought aniracetam would be an interesting choice for this as well because it supposedly has a wider range of receptor activity than piracetam, having anti-anxiety effects that are attributed to activity at dopamine, serotonin, and nicotonic acetylcholine receptors (that last one being an especially big flag in my book).

I decided to give this a test run last night, with 750 mg, one capsule worth of what I have. This was the standard dose I was told to take for nootropic effect, but it is my intention to start higher than this for this study, I just felt the need to do a trial first. I also take two choline supplements during the day, one right when I get up and one in early the afternoon. I don't believe this has an appreciable effect on my dreams, and that's not why I take it. However I may change the dosing times to have one be at night during part of this experiment if it seems to be going successfully so far. I observed a difference in my dreams last night, though I can't say for certain whether or not this was due to the aniracetam. Perhaps notably, my first two dreams had elements of nightmares. The dream journal entry can be found here if anyone wishes to read it.

So that's it for now. I'll be reporting back with further findings, and if it gets far enough I'll start trying it in combinations with cholinergics and other dream enhancers. Feel free to contribute if anyone else has any experience with this compound.