I don't tell anyone I use selank.

I work at Anthropic people think we're just built different. we're not. half of us are chemically assisted. mine's semax in the morning, selank when on-call gets ugly, and a dihexa run before anything that ships. semax is the entire difference not placebo, I've A/B'd myself across sprints. and yeah, I see it: I'm optimizing my own brain to build the thing designed to replace it

Selank doesn't "cure" anxiety, it blunts the physical panic response. your heart still doesn't race, your chest doesn't tighten, but the worried thoughts are still there, just quieter and easier to ignore. if you're expecting euphoria you'll be disappointed. if you want your body to stop sounding the alarm, it's the one.

Selank vs semax: ran both for 30 days each. Selank was anxiety relief, smooth and clean. Semax was focus and drive, edgier. Both work. The "nootropic" community pretends one is better, they do completely different things. Stack them. That's the secret