Nootropics

Can we get a nootropics thread going on?

What are the best nootropics you have experience with? Lately my shit has been fucked up and I can't study properly. I need an extra kick to improve my performance.

Alpha brain has been great for my memory but I hear you can get it cheaper if you just buy the individual powders

Pretty much everyone in my class takes either adderall or ritalin, so I guess that could work for you.

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Penibut helped my social life, but I can only recall a few times where it helped me focus (despite multiple reports that it causes others stay on task). Likely just a coincidence in my case. I'd recommend it for anxiety, but I can't say the same for studying.
Also, it helped me get the best sleep of my life. A little under a gram would put me to sleep like a baby, while not being strong enough to fully affect me throughout the day.

Just bought some from biovea. Never tried phenibut before. What is the recommended amount to take say if I want to go out and socialise and how often. I'm going on a holiday to France and want to take this stuff with me as I heard it is fantastic for social gains but I've also heard it should be limited to at the very most twice a week and max 2g per serving.

It all depends on how big you are and how badly you need it. My anxiety used to be crippling, and to go out I'd need about 1.2g. For bigger things like trips, 1.8-.9g. This was back when I was 5'5" or so, 120lbs (female). I've never gone above 2, but the "no more than x times" is different for everyone. Once you get a feel for it, you will learn your limits.
You do build up a tolerance though, so try to plan your usage around minimizing that. For me, it took a week or two to "reset" if I'd last used a high dose. Longer if they were consecutive.
I'll add that a fat friend of about the same height took the amount I'd use for an outing and said she felt absolutely nothing.

I don't have that bad anxiety I'm just trying to find an alternative to alcohol. I usually consume to get absolute blackout drunk but I haven't drank in over 3 months. I'm going to try caffeine and maybe 750mg phenibut and a max of two drinks to see if that helps.
I also have problems sleeping lately with waking up at least twice a night. So hopefully I can take phenibut before sleep if I really need it.

Modafinil, nothing else compares. Order it through the mail from India.

Try it on an empty stomach and go with that caffeine then. Start with a low dose around or above 1g and work your way up (try to leave a day or 2 inbetween each try). At the end of the night after a high dose I get sort of irritable, so watch out for that if you're going to be around lots of people lol.

A good starting place for beginners is caffeine + l-theanine. 1:2 ratio respectively. So about 100mg caffeine and 200mg caffeine.

Have you tried nootropics before? And what's your goal? Using to study?

Also, general question for the whole thread: Do you guys prefer capsules or powder for your preferred intake method?

For study gains, modafinil. Felt like i was the guy from limitless, plus didnt wreck my sleep patterns. It works for some people and doeant work for others as well

I think its illegal in Australia now though.

Capsules. I've read that just powder is more effective and works faster, but it's always so sour/ bitter. Have you tried adding it to anything to cover the taste?
>I'm a wimp

No I prefer capsules over powder any day. Just asking everyone because I know there are people who can’t swallow pills for some reason. The only powder I take is lions mane due to the effective dosage is 2-4g which makes it much cheaper to use powder. Also phenibut powder. It tastes terribly sour but I take about 3g daily so it costs fractions of what the capsules would cost

It just turned illegal, should have got onto it before and stockpiled. Bulknutrients were selling them too.

Anyone any experience bringing it through an airport.
Going to France from Ireland in a few weeks, wondering is it worth the hassle?

Airports don’t give a shit. Just leave it in the original container, not a baggie etc. they will just test it for explosive ingredients. Otherwise they don’t care

stop giving shitty advice. dose of phenibut is 250-500mg. as an alcohol replacement 500-750mg is better to start. why people start with 1g is beyond me

bump
whats a good place to buy phenibut?

Ask the biggest guy at your gym. Otherwise no source talk desu

>3g of phenibut daily
Uwot

Started taking it 1 year ago. Used it responsibly. Shit got outta control. Up to 5g per day by the end of the year. Turned into a zombie and realized it. Been tapering down since. Wish me luck bros. Don’t ever start phenibut. It’s not worth it

Any experience with Lion’s Mane Mushroom? I was a daily toker for 3 years and I just started taking it to hopefully make my memory better and help with some other things.

>5g daily
>Used it responsibly
>Shit got outta control
I think your view on drug use is a bit warped mate. But glad to see you're not relying on it anymore. 5g daily is hell outta control, good job on quitting.

do none of you worry about the long term effects of these mysterious indian brain chems??

I've been taking ashwagandha at the form of KSM-66 and so far it feels like it didn't make much difference. Probably it's because it's been only one month.
I'll continue taking it at least until the end of the semester, just so I can see if it will help me deal with the stress from exams and writing my thesis.

The rest of the stuff I take are some minerals, vitamin D and creatine. Though about getting into other stuff for focus, but I'm too much of a pussy.

That's exactly what I fear.

Good shit but a bit overrated in terms of anxiolytic effects imo

please respond.

Thanks for the reassurance m8

Dexamphetamine, the instant release variations.
Low dose of 1 standard tablet (5mg) every 3 hours, 3 or 4 times per day during productivity hours.
Does wonders.
As my partner told me the one time she took it before deciding it wasn't for her "it was like my brain was on a highway".

Never increase the dose above 10mg; I've been taking this shit (or ritalin) daily for 10 years and that dose still works for me, the only difference is I don't get high anymore, and this isn't about getting high it's about being productive.
Side effects include euphoria, dry mouth, orthostatic hypotension, overheating, forgetting to eat, strange behavior like resisting the urge to take 1 minute to go to the bathroom and relieve yourself because you're too interested in what you're working on.
At higher doses, or in those with low tolerance when mixed with other drugs like caffeine, side effects can include anxiety, hypochondria, delusional parasitosis, psychosis (especially paranoid).
Withdrawal and effects and crashing will occur in people with a low tolerance; this includes exhaustion and irritability / anger.

Drug is suited towards work that requires deep concentration or repetitive boring work; probably not suited towards work like retail where you have to deal with people.

Drugs with very similar effects are: Ritalin, adderall, vyvanse, concerta.

Prescriptions can be acquired from doctors in most countries by getting diagnosed with ADHD; this may require going to a specialist (psychiatrist).
I recommend you ask for instant release variations of medicine; this is far easier to abuse (don't abuse it please), but allows you greater flexibility because you get multiple doses a day that work for approx 3 hours each rather than one big dose that works for a 9 to 12 hour block.

Don't do anything stupid like snorting or god forbid injecting this shit or you will become a junkie