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MagnoliaMostly positive
“Magnolia. When I wake up at 3am and can't go back to sleep, half a tab works wonders with no hangover.”
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MagnoliaMostly positive
“Magnolia, oleamide, and melatonin 300mcg are my favorites for sleep.”
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California PoppyMostly positive
“seemed to enhance creativity when I took relatively high doses of California Poppy 3-6tbs in tea steeped well”
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California PoppyMostly positive
“California poppy didn't make me drowsy and in fact gave me insomnia when I took it before bedtime”
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HopsMixed
“St. John's Wort, Passion Flower, Hops, and Skullcap. My sleep improved with those.”
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HopsMixed
“I mixed valerian with hops, passion flower, l-theanine, lemon balm, and GABA. It felt like a sedative that made me feel sort of heavy.”
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HopsMixed
“For sleep, one of my personal favorites is Hops. I take 1 capsule around dinner...You won't feel sluggish the next morning like with melatonin.”
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HopsMixed
“helps with peripheral relaxation but not so much cognitive. Makes me relaxed for about 2 hours but then have a rebound effect of a lot of energy”
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HopsMixed
“I started taking it in grad school...Went from dropping out completely because of lack of focus to maintaining a 3.9 GPA”
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HopsMixed
“Valerian, Chamomile, Lemon Balm and Hops - knock me out in an hour or each individually can calm and relax me noticeably”
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HopsMixed
“I've tried melatonin, glycine, hops, theanine but nothing works.”
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HopsMixed
“I really havent noticed anything from any of these except”
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TulsiMostly positive
“There's a compound in Tulsi or known as Holy Basil that minimizes the memory effect. Make a tea out of it, that's fairly strong and have a few cups - memory solved. Has worked magic for me.”
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TulsiMostly positive
“A better alternative for me was Tulsi (Holy Basil). It took me a couple of days to get out of that body fog.”
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TulsiMostly positive
“I also take Tulsi which helps as well”
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TulsiMostly positive
“I like l-theanine, lemon balm and tulsi for anxiety”
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TulsiMostly positive
“tulsi also known as holy basil... both reduce cortisol and regulate flight or fight... i used to be afraid to look at people, i cant leave my house in daylight and now i can do both”
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LucidisporeMostly positive
“Lucidispore (although I still use it, feel it helps)”
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LucidisporeMostly positive
“I get a nice calming mood boost from it. I get better sleep. It helps with inflammation and pain.”
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LucidisporeMostly positive
“IME LucidiSPORE did absolutely nothing for my back acne, but the EGCG tablets are the most potent anti-acne product I've ever tried.”
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LucidisporeMostly positive
“lucidispore ... I'm using 0.5 ml / day and it's super calming + making me focused for at least 4 hours.”
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LucidisporeMostly positive
“If I want a calming effect right away, I will take LucidiSPORE sublingually.”
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LucidisporeMostly positive
“I recently tried Lucidispore topically on a cold sore and it got rid of it astoundingly fast.”
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N-Acetyl-CysteineMostly positive
“No more obsessiveness, the obsessiveness was to the point of perfectionism. No more anxiety. Social concepts became understandable. I could set goals and then achieve them.”
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N-Acetyl-CysteineMostly positive
“I combine it with N-Acetyl-Cystine and helps me with mood and anhedonia.”
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N-Acetyl-CysteineMostly positive
“Taking NAC when I'm coming down definitely helps manage it”
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N-Acetyl-CysteineMostly positive
“I took N-Acetyl-Cysteine over a course of 8 months and stopped three months ago. I got side effects from the dopamine raising effect of NAC and got really wild nightmares every night and racing thoughts”
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RephyllMostly positive
“Didn't notice anything exceptional the first day but the second day I felt better than I had in a long time. My mood was great, my pain was barely there.”
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RephyllMostly positive
“curowhite, rephyll, and PEA maaaaannn my back would NOT stop aching”
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RephyllMostly positive
“I've found that taking Rephyll has helped me with pain & anxiety issue with drowsiness.”
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RephyllMostly positive
“I still feel acute pains, but chronic pains simply disappear.”
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RephyllMostly positive
“PEA / Rephyll/agmatine ( use this to top up when I'm achey so none of these are daily for me)”
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RephyllMostly positive
“supplements I've had the most success with are Palmitoylethanolamide, Rephyll, and homemade kava.”
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RephyllMostly positive
“Caloriburn and Rephyll are similar for me, I struggle to take them during the day. It's hard to describe, it's not a 'stoning' effect, or a conventional sedative effect, just sort of a light, warm grogginess.”
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RephyllMostly positive
“PEA, Rephyll and Tart chery was always good enough for me”
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Smart PsMostly positive
“Smart PS : amazing memory and focus improvement. I take it in the morning , indirectly helps sleep and i feel less anxious/nervous overall.”
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Smart PsMostly positive
“I usually sing ND's praises at any oportunity given, but I never felt smart PS worked all that well.”
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Smart PsMostly positive
“I took it in the afternoon and felt helpless and demotivated until I went to bed. Dropping cortisol can absolutely affect your energy and motivation negatively”
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Smart PsMostly positive
“I've also heard of some people having great sleep effects with SmartPS”
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Smart PsMostly positive
“I've been taking one capsule of Smart PS every night for almost a decade... my mood is more stable now and I think my cognitive abilities have held up pretty well... I quickly found myself managing stress much more poorly.”
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