Nootropic recommendations

[Chadders]

Thinking about investing in nootropics. Lions Mane I know is a common one for mental clarity. 

I was also looking at Daniel Schmachtenberger’s Qualia though they’re a bit expensive as I would need to import from the US. I’m Uk based and not sure if they are much better than other brands

Any suggestions? Especially nootropics for improving baseline consciousness and mental clarity

[Phil King]

For nootropics I take

• Ginkgo Bailoba
• Huperzine A
• Omega 3 fish oil
• Bacopa
• L- Theanine
• Alpha GPC
• Pterostilbene
• Vinpocetine

I got most of the reccomendations from Leos vid 

 

 

I would stay away from brand names and just buy the individual supplements. Looking at that Qualia stuff at $140, thats an insane price for not even a months supply of pills. I could buy a 3 month supply of my whole supplement stack for a little over $200

[PenguinPablo]

I didn't know Leo made a video on nootropics lol!

awesome

 

[Ero]

My personal 'cocktail' was Caffeine, Alpha-GPC, Omega-3, Lion's Mane and Gingko Biloba. It definitely helped with the consistent 10-12h/day of math lol. 

[destroyx6]

Pinealon improves baseline consciousness 

[Rigel]

This my stack

• Caffeine
• Niacin
• Omega-3
• Magnesium L-threonate
• Psilocbe Cubensis 0.05g (half a low micro dose)
• Lions Mane
• Creatine

I would eventually like to experiment with

• Vitamin D3
• Ginko Biloba
• L-theanine
• Ashwaganda

Edited August 26 by Rigel

[Cireeric]

19 minutes ago, Rigel said:

This my stack

• Caffeine
• Niacin
• Omega-3
• Magnesium L-threonate
• Psilocbe Cubensis 0.05g (half a low micro dose)
• Lions Mane
• Creatine

I would eventually like to experiment with

• Vitamin D3
• Ginko Biloba
• L-theanine
• Ashwaganda

nice! how is your experience with the niacin, lions mane and microdose combo? for how long have u been doing it? do u notice that it makes a difference?

[Schizophonia]

On 7/26/2024 at 4:41 AM, Phil King said:

 

• Ginkgo Bailoba
• Huperzine A
• Omega 3 fish oil
• Bacopa
• L- Theanine
• Alpha GPC
• Pterostilbene
• Vinpocetine

 

This cash cow

[PurpleTree]

I wasted a lot of money on supplements honestly 

they’re often not that great

another “i will fix myself” carrot on the stick

[Emotionalmosquito]

Mucuna Pruriens 

[Keryo Koffa]

Maybe the real nootropics were the psychedelics along the way

[Emotionalmosquito]

32 minutes ago, Keryo Koffa said:

Maybe the real nootropics were the psychedelics along the way

Microdoses for sure. But any moderate dose or higher makes it pretty difficult to do daily tasks when conversations sound like this 

 

and your boyfriend’s head looks like this

 

[Keryo Koffa]

9 minutes ago, Emotionalmosquito said:

Microdoses for sure. But any higher makes it difficult to do daily tasks

Maybe the real productivity was the transcendence of human endeavors along the way
Maybe the real daily tasks were the automations leading to AI singularity along the way
Maybe the real science was the deconstruction of its own premises along the way
Maybe the real mental clarity was the ego death along the way
Maybe the real NZT-48 was the LSD-25 along the way

Edited August 28 by Keryo Koffa

[Schizophonia]

Food.

 

[Keryo Koffa]

2 minutes ago, Schizophonia said:

Food

Earth (Food/Grounding), Water (Hydration), Air (Prana), Fire (Emotional Mastery), Aether (Cosmic Intelligence)

Best nootropics according to Sadhguru

[Schizophonia]

16 minutes ago, Keryo Koffa said:

Earth (Food/Grounding), Water (Hydration), Air (Prana), Fire (Emotional Mastery), Aether (Cosmic Intelligence)

Best nootropics according to Sadhguru

I have the intro/outro in head lol.

Edited August 28 by Schizophonia

[Rigel]

On 2024-08-26 at 4:11 PM, Cireeric said:

nice! how is your experience with the niacin, lions mane and microdose combo? for how long have u been doing it? do u notice that it makes a difference?

Niacin is one of the best ones I’ve tried. Initially I was using as a pre workout because of the vasodilation it provides. But it turns out that more blood flow doesn’t just make you stronger in the gym. It also means that my hands stay warmer & that is a huge help when I am practicing my instrument. So I have been taking it most days for about a month now.

I don’t get much from Lion’s Mane to be honest. I use it as a filler for my homemade microdose capsules. I want to grow them eventually though. They look sick & are very tasty.

The interaction between niacin & psilocybin has been talked about before in the context of neurogenesis which is more of a long term thing & it’s not obvious what it does to the experience itself, in the moment. I need to test it on a macro dose for that I think.

 

Edited August 29 by Rigel

[Cireeric]

1 hour ago, Rigel said:

Niacin is one of the best ones I’ve tried. Initially I was using as a pre workout because of the vasodilation it provides. But it turns out that more blood flow doesn’t just make you stronger in the gym. It also means that my hands stay warmer & that is a huge help when I am practicing my instrument. So I have been taking it most days for about a month now.

I don’t get much from Lion’s Mane to be honest. I use it as a filler for my homemade microdose capsules. I want to grow them eventually though. They look sick & are very tasty.

The interaction between niacin & psilocybin has been talked about before in the context of neurogenesis which is more of a long term thing & it’s not obvious what it does to the experience itself, in the moment. I need to test it on a macro dose for that I think.

 

Cool! Yes Niacin is in my stack since a long time too. I heard that Lions Mane is way more potent/effective when you take it in a liquid extracted form and that the powder in capsules feels weak for most people (I couldnt notice anything too when I took the capsules and will test out the extract in the future).