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Ashwagandha RootMostly positive
“it was a godsend for me... I suffered with extreme anxiety and depression... helped me more than any medication prescribed by my doctor”
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Ashwagandha RootMostly positive
“about 30 minutes later...I suddenly have a relief from my anxiety like I've never experienced ever. Instantly had a PHYSICAL reaction to the anxiety relief. my head just kind of falls back and my shoulders drop”
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Ashwagandha RootMostly positive
“Ashwangha root (3-4g, taken in matcha tea throughout the day). I generally feel much more relaxed - lower cortisol levels and anxiety”
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Ashwagandha RootMostly positive
“I would suggest ashwagandha root (500 mg twice a day of 2.5% extract)”
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Ashwagandha RootMostly positive
“I like the Aniracetam, Spirulina, Magnesium...Ashwagandha root I like.”
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Dopa MucunaMostly positive
“I now take dopa mucuna with a dose of l-theanine. It gives me the dopamine boost but blunts the anxiety and fight or flight nature of the stimmy.”
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Dopa MucunaMostly positive
“Dopa Macuna has helped me immensely for life in general. It's important to cycle it, I take it 4 days on and 3 days off.”
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Dopa MucunaMostly positive
“the only thing that's helped my dpdr is Dopa Mucuna. I used to take 3-4 a day about 4 days a week. 2 in the morning and 2 in the afternoon and I felt more normal and alive. However, it would give me nauseating headaches, probably migraines, on a daily basis.”
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Dopa MucunaMostly positive
“dopa mucuna is probably the single best supplement for weening/recovering I tried”
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Box BreathingMostly positive
“I love box breathing, once I get rhythm going I can lose myself for ages in it. Really useful meditation tool.”
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“The only thing that works for me (also have ADHD) is ADHD meds and vitamin D”
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“I also have an ADHD diagnosis, and the medication does help to make things better but doesn't make it good by any means.”
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“I started taking ADHD meds I disliked the side effects so I stopped.”
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“once I got my diagnosis, started medication and my ability to focus, not overthink (hyperactive mind), mental fatigue, brain fog etc all greatly reduced”
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“I think it's a result of coming off Wellbutrin and ADHD.”
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“Finding out I have ADHD was the fix and getting on ADHD medication.”
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“whenever i would take adhd medication (whether stimulant or non stimulant) not only would it increase my brain fog”
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“I would do a swansons 200mg honokiol extract instead. Just as good of anxiety relief but much less risk and you can take it daily.”
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“Honokiol is the best anxiety supplement I have ever tried.”
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“I've looked at and tried binaural beats and it has given me okay results in the past”
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“Using the “deep work” mode puts me into an intense state of focus and productivity”
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“I am 50-50 on being able to get into the trance state. I've used them for power naps and such though with some success of more focus and mood”
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“For concentration/focus I've been experimenting with binaural beats/iso-tones.”
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“the tangental thoughts that occur while im on a task are arrested and tranquilized”
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“For me: strenuous exercise, sauna, binaural beats and ashwaghanda.”
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“I love the effect of low dose--1-2mg--lithium (aspartate) for a more easy going mood, especially on stressful days”
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“I have tried sufficient time periods and dosages of magnesium glycinate, low dose lithium aspartate, st john's wort, l theanine and general multivitamins- as well as several prescription drugs- with very little to no benefit.”
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“5 mg lithium aspartate is about 1/50 of a low therapeutic dose; lithium has lowered my confidence and cognitive speed at those doses; the only benefit being mood regulation”
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“I like a little, maybe 1mg dose of lithium (asparate) supplement for more easy going mood.”
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“I have a preference for Li aspartate for more easy going mood”
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“I have been taking, magnesium, l theanine, ashwagandha ksm 66 from ndepot and highstreetpharma and its good.”
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“I take KSM66 in the morning. KSM66 doesn't help my sleep.”
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“Olanzapine takes away the brain fog, depression, anxiety, panic attacks, and voices. It's absolutely incredible the improvement in quality of life it gives me.”
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“since taking olanzapine for 1 month 7 odd years ago (i tapered as soon as the problem arose) i literally cannot feel substances such as coffee, weed, kratom, ritalin”
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“I was also on Olanzapine short term, another 5HT2A antagonist, and it significantly reduced my OCD as well.”
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“5mg of olanzapine I take also helps, but I'm aware that antipsychotics can impare cognition”
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“I have to take olanzapine 5mg now and that drug is alright, it makes it easy to gain weight if you aren't careful but it seems to agree with my body chemistry and helps me sleep...I'm trying to get off Olanzapine right now and having the worst of worst times.”
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“This stuff is the definition of pharmaceutical zombification... chemical lobotomy as I became pacified, mechanically content, dull, and rather lifeless.”
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“I also always kept in my back pocket the knowledge that at one point in the past an anti-psychotic (olanzapine) did wonders for me for a time.”
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“im having a hard time finding benefits from it.”
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