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Intermittent FastingMostly positive
“I also did intermittent fasting for the first 4 months and lost my first 50 lbs that way.”
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Intermittent FastingMostly positive
“Have you tried intermittent fasting? That cleared up my brain fog when a lot of other things didn't help.”
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Intermittent FastingMostly positive
“Exercise, sleep hygiene, proper nutrition, fasting and time restricted eating has probably been the most helpful for me personally.”
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Intermittent FastingMostly positive
“after fasting for at least 20 hours a day, and eating healthier, I don't feel tired at all after eating.”
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Intermittent FastingMostly positive
“Thinking back actually to when I used to intermittent fast in the past, I also think I felt a little more foggy in general.”
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Intermittent FastingMostly positive
“Try adding intermittent fasting with current dose. It really helps to make fasting easy. My first calorie is noon and last is 7pm ish. I was stagnant for a month and now have lost 7 lbs in two weeks doing neither different but fasting.”
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Intermittent FastingMostly positive
“I drastically changed my diet, am eating 1600-2000 calories a day and doing IF.”
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Intermittent FastingMostly positive
“Honestly what helped for me the most was intermittent fasting on Tirzepatide. Weight started just pouring off me as long as I stuck with it.”
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“L theanine 200mg, apigenin 50mg, mag theo, mag biglycinate makes me pee too much, GABA 600mg, 3g taurine. I have anxiety and panic disorder late into nights. And this has cured about 80% for me.”
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“once I stopped those supplements above...That included compounds such as...Apigenin, Quercetin, Fisetin...my liver tests came back to normal after 8 weeks.”
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“Three weeks of apigenin made a huge difference for me. I still take it to this day.”
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“Apigenin is my nr 2, it makes me so calm. It also helps my reaction time on humanbenchmark. I went from 220 ms to 170 ms.”
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“magnesium L-threonate and apigenin. I don't notice any jarring difference while taking them, but whenever i run out i notice my mood, cognition, and sleep is worse.”
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“Yeah, I've tried apigenin a few times for sleep. It's pretty mild on its own, but it does seem to help take the edge off and make it easier to wind down.”
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“The supplements that I have found to aid in improving my mood and anxiety the most are apigenin, saffron, and polygala.”
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“Apigenin produces a more clear and uplifted effect...I feel like it definitely improved my deep sleep. However, I also began to experience irritability and mood swings and saw some reports of apigenin impacting estrogen levels.”
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“Apigenin is my favorite i've found. Superb sleep aid without the crazy dreams or next day fatigue of melatonin for me. I use 25 to 50mg depending on how much I think i need.”
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“I took Apigenin nightly for a full year a while back, it increased my sleep quality so much it's unreal. Too bad it makes me groggy when I wake up.”
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“The Apigenin seems to have the biggest effect on keeping me asleep, and I'm averaging about 2.5 hours deep sleep a night.”
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“I think I dosed too much at 150mg before going to bed. Disturbed sleep as shit, I woke up like two hundreds time during the night.”
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“I just started using it and it definitely calms my mind. It just gives me a calm focus.”
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“I've been taking some of the top recommended supplements before bed - magnesium glycinate, l-theanine, apigenin, inositol, GABA, melatonin. These have all helped me fall asleep, but unfortunately not stay asleep.”
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“I'll take anywhere from 50 to 100 mg...This is the main chemical found in chamomile tea...Works great and I notice good effects.”
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“Apigenin makes me have zero worries and makes me feel at peace with the world. Apparently its a MAOI”
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“I feel like I have all the positives of Adderall (focus, motivation, mood increase) without any noticeable downsides. No crash, no anxiety, no cardiac issues.”
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“I woke up the next day feeling incredible! I felt light and buoyant...I felt light and buoyant. I had a strong desire to be outside in nature...my memory started to improve, my verbal fluency went up as well.”
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“Memantine (7/10): For the first few days, I felt amazing on it. I definitely felt an increased mood and decreased anxiety. Those effects subdued...”
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“Memantine 10-30mg. Helps me significantly with general anxiety and hypervigilance from cPTSD. It also just generally improves mood when used sparingly.”
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“I've been on Memantine at 10mg/day for over a month now. I can focus better, it's easier to motivate myself to get things done, and I'm procrastinating much less than I used to.”
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“I have taken MEM for depression, and I must say it worked really well, the brain fog is not unbearable and only lasted the day of the first dose.”
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“12:00 i feel a boost in mood and motivation, the motivation is normal with adderall but i belive the memantine is boosting my mood.”
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“it gives me that "don't give a fuck" type of alpha calm feeling, albeit mildly.”
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“I noticed benefits as early as 3 days of taking 10mgs daily in dived doses.”
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“The best thing that helps me is venlafaxine and memantine, but I'm currently taking a tolerance break from memantine.”
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“Used memantine to get off of kratom and it worked amazingly! But now I’m dependent on memantine.”
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“I really like Memantine and Agmatine. Both works effective in terms of treating my anxiety and anhedonia. Unfortunately they both create too many side-effects. Memantine makes euphoric and wierd.”
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“I've been testing memantine at 5 mgs for about a week. It's been pretty great so far. Calm focus, increased sex drive, a little detached.”
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“Chronically, it seems to have caused somewhat of an improvement in my symptoms and is probably the most effective thing I've tried on this list, but I'm definitely still depressed.”
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“It ruined me. My thoughts are lost i can't get my words out. I feel like an idiot. It's been over 6 months since I've stopped.”
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“Within 3, 4 days I noticed a change. Since then, I still take Adderall and Vyvanse, with Memantine as a buffer.”
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