Semax Vs. Selank PART 1 | HEALING The BRAIN From Hypertrophy Training | Anti-Anxiety Nasal Sprays!
A bodybuilding coach reports four weeks of using Semax and Selank, as nasal sprays and injections, covering brain fog after training, caffeine, libido and side effects.
With Vigorous Steve
Key moments
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- 0:29Four-week trial and its purposeSteve explains he used Semax and Selank by several routes for four weeks, mainly to reduce brain fog after hard training. He stopped two weeks before filming to see what lingered.
- 2:47Decongestant effect during workoutsHe says both sprays cleared his nasal passages and improved his sense of oxygenation in the gym. He says this outdid the mushroom pre-workout he had been using.
- 4:41Post-exercise brain fog fadesSteve says the fog and fatigue after failure training were largely gone, letting him train in the morning again. He notes it was starting to return slowly after he stopped.
- 7:29Shorter, deeper afternoon napsHe reports that his naps became deeper and that 10 to 15 minutes left him refreshed.
- 8:05Lower caffeine tolerance, adrenal fatigueSteve says he could barely finish his morning coffee afterward and cut his intake sharply. He speculates a two to four week course might help people with post-contest fatigue or stimulant dependence.
- 10:49Libido compared with PT-141He says Semax or Selank made his libido far stronger than PT-141 had, and that PT-141 added nothing on top. He also reports improved ejaculation quality, which some clients confirmed and others did not.
- 14:48Red ears as a side effectSteve describes persistent ear flushing as the only real side effect he saw. He wonders if it relates to blood flow and compares it to what he gets from higher doses of Cialis.
- 17:14Hair loss reportsHe mentions anecdotal claims that BDNF increases could cause hair loss in susceptible people. He says he has not noticed it himself.
- 18:52Summary of reported benefitsSteve recaps decongestion, less brain fog, better libido, deeper naps, mood, focus, pain tolerance during sets and evening energy.
- 23:14Part two announcedHe says the quick facts, history and head-to-head comparison will come in a second video.
What the video says
This is part one of a two-part comparison of Semax and Selank from the YouTube creator Vigorous Steve. It is a personal-experience report, not a review of research. Steve says the history, quick facts and head-to-head comparison are saved for part two. He frames everything in terms of bodybuilding and fitness, not as treatment for depression or anxiety.
Steve says he used both compounds for four weeks, by nasal spray and by subcutaneous injection, then stopped two weeks before filming. His main reason for trying them was the brain fog he gets after training to failure or beyond. He reports that it was largely gone, which let him train in the morning and stay productive afterward. He also says both compounds acted as a decongestant that made breathing easier during workouts, and that he dropped a mushroom-based pre-workout product because of it. He describes deeper, shorter afternoon naps and a smaller appetite for caffeine, going from roughly four to eight espresso shots a day to about a quarter of that.
A large part of the video covers libido. Steve says Semax or Selank outperformed PT-141 for him, and that adding PT-141 on top gave him nothing extra, including a nasal spray he tried after stopping. He also reports a marked change in ejaculation quality. He says some of his clients saw the same and others noticed nothing.
On downsides, he names one real side effect: red, flushed ears that lingered and made him self-conscious. He says he found no anecdotal reports of this. He also mentions anecdotal reports of hair loss, which he links to brain-derived neurotrophic factor, though he says he has not experienced it. He closes by saying most benefits and the ear flushing were still present two weeks after stopping, and that he may reintroduce the compounds later.
On each compound
Semax2:47
Steve says Semax, used as a nasal spray and by injection alongside Selank, reduced his post-workout brain fog, acted as a decongestant and cut his caffeine tolerance. He reports red ears as a side effect and notes anecdotal hair loss claims.
See how your DNA reads SemaxSelank2:47
According to Steve, Selank gave him effects much like Semax. He could not tell which of the two produced the changes in libido and brain fog because he ran both at once.
See how your DNA reads SelankPT-14110:49
Steve says PT-141 had given him a small libido boost before, but after Semax and Selank it added nothing for him, including as a nasal spray. He calls it obsolete in his own case and says some clients noticed the same.
See how your DNA reads PT-141What this video doesn’t settle
- It is one person's account of a four-week trial, with no control group or blinding, so the effects he describes cannot be separated from expectation or other factors.
- Steve ran Semax and Selank together by different routes, so he cannot say which compound or which route caused any given effect.
- He was also taking other performance enhancing drugs and supplements, and he mentions changes to telmisartan and fasting, which complicates attributing the ear flushing or other effects.
Questions this video answers
What does Vigorous Steve report about Semax and Selank for post-workout brain fog?
Steve says four weeks of using both largely removed the brain fog he used to get after training to failure. He says this let him train in the morning and stay productive. He notes the effect was slowly fading two weeks after he stopped.
What side effects does Steve report from Semax and Selank?
He reports red, flushed ears as the only real side effect, which lingered and was most noticeable in the morning. He also mentions anecdotal claims of hair loss tied to BDNF, which he says he has not experienced.
Does Steve say Semax or Selank affect caffeine tolerance?
Yes. He says his sensitivity to caffeine rose, so he could barely finish his usual coffee and cut his intake to roughly a quarter of what it was. He says his modafinil response did not change.
How do Semax and Selank compare with PT-141 for libido, according to this video?
Steve says that in his experience Semax or Selank gave a much stronger and longer-lasting libido effect than PT-141. He says adding PT-141 did nothing extra. He adds that some of his clients reported the same and others noticed no difference.
Video by VigorousSteve on YouTube, embedded as published. The summary is written by PeptidesDNA from the video; every claim in it is the speaker’s. Not affiliated with or endorsed by the creator. Not medical advice.
