What people actually say
5,470 first-hand quotes, shortened but never edited — each links to the original discussion.
AllWeight lossAppetiteFocusEnergySleepAnxietyMoodMemoryPerformanceRecoveryPain & inflammationDigestionLibidoHormonesBlood sugarHeart & lipidsSkin & hairImmunityLongevity
ALAMostly positive
“some things that helped me get over chronic fatigue ... alpha lipoc acid”Source discussion ↗
ALAMostly positive
“For the mitochondrial stuff I recommend ALA along with ALCAR and Coq10...it's insane how well it works.”Source discussion ↗
ALAMostly positive
“It really helps prevent redness and gives me a clear complexion.”Source discussion ↗
ALAMostly positive
“For me personally, taking ALA really helps with that crash.”Source discussion ↗
ALAMostly positive
“Alpha Lipoic Acid: Maybe improved my neuropathic pain”Source discussion ↗
ALAMostly positive
“Alpha Lipoic Acid gives me crazy crazy headaches. and i suffered enough until i figured it out.”Source discussion ↗
ALAMostly positive
“ALCAR/ALA allows endogenous GABA to cross the BBB, it's working quite well for me.”Source discussion ↗
ALAMostly positive
“For nerve pain and repair, check out alpha lipoic acid and palmitoylethanolamide. I've had a few bouts of nerve damage over the years. The last time, I started using both and holy shit did that help.”Source discussion ↗
PsilocybinMostly positive
“Mushrooms make me a better husband and a better human all around. Sometimes I don’t feel the urge to have sex while I’m on a dose, but I feel much more connected afterward. Low dose is definitely an aphrodisiac in my experience.”Source discussion ↗
PsilocybinMostly positive
“doing shrooms helped a lot. I felt really peaceful...This slowly went away, and was gone the next day.”Source discussion ↗
PsilocybinMostly positive
“I also micro dose psilocybin on and off and macro dose once in awhile. This definitely helps with my overall well-being and mood.”Source discussion ↗
PsilocybinMostly positive
“Microdose mushrooms or just one big trip every now and then fixed me.”Source discussion ↗
PsilocybinMostly positive
“Have you ever thought about microdosing? Mushrooms for example? Helped me quite a bit.”Source discussion ↗
PsilocybinMostly positive
“The psilocybin just made my mind quieter and allowed me to focus on one thing at a time. Its also helped me just stay in a positive mood which helped my anxiety.”Source discussion ↗
PsilocybinMostly positive
“hands down microdosing Psilocybin has been Phenomenal! I feel more in tuned with myself, always present through out the day, quick witted, in love with my thoughts and I feel more intellectual.”Source discussion ↗
PsilocybinMostly positive
“My favorite and most potent nootropic is Psilocybin. Microdose during work days gives me a boost of energy, more focus and more outside of the box type solutions to problems.”Source discussion ↗
PsilocybinMostly positive
“My chronic anxiety goes off after 30-40 min and works for 24h.”Source discussion ↗
PsilocybinMostly positive
“Have you read much on micrososing Psilocybin? That worked wonders for me last year.”Source discussion ↗
PsilocybinMostly positive
“The only thing that ever helped me feel myself again was magic mushrooms, but it's too hard to get it now.”Source discussion ↗
PsilocybinMostly positive
“Psilocybin made my mood symptoms virtually vanish, can't say it helped with EF.”Source discussion ↗
PsilocybinMostly positive
“I once tried microdosing golden teacher mushrooms...it was the first time I felt like 'this is what my brain was meant to feel like.' Later I tried mushroom again, albei a++...But this one didn't work at all.”Source discussion ↗
PsilocybinMostly positive
“The Paul Stamets stack of 150mg Psilocybin, 100mg of lions mane and 10mg of Niacin has been vastly better for me.”Source discussion ↗
PsilocybinMostly positive
“Not peptides but I've taken psilocybin a couple of times now and it has helped a lot.”Source discussion ↗
PsilocybinMostly positive
“I love the way I feel when microdosing. Great energy, productivity and increased confidence, WAY less anxiety than when I'm on adderall.”Source discussion ↗
St. John's WortMixed
“St. John's Wort, Passion Flower, Hops, and Skullcap. My sleep improved with those.”Source discussion ↗
St. John's WortMixed
“even the nootropics that some communities swear by did nothing for me (some that come to mind - racetams, tyrosine/NALT, NAC, methylated B vitamins...”Source discussion ↗
St. John's WortMixed
“I dabbled with 5-HTP ... and St. John's Wort ... and found them to have some nice anti-anxiety / sedating effects.”Source discussion ↗
St. John's WortMixed
“I am taking Saint John's Wort and Bacopa now to modulate my serotonin system, as well as trimethylglycine to help boost catecholamine production. That is helping a lot.”Source discussion ↗
St. John's WortMixed
“Didn't see any results with regular doses, so I took double the amount, and still nothing.”Source discussion ↗
St. John's WortMixed
“It worked after 3 weeks of supplementing but the feeling I got from it wasn't very pleasant. I felt very emotionally numbed from it and apathetic.”Source discussion ↗
St. John's WortMixed
“I have tried Adderall, ritalin, and st johns wort, none of which are effective although I definitely feel an effect just not the desired one.”Source discussion ↗
St. John's WortMixed
“I tried St John's Wort, Tryptofan and 5-htp. None worked, it even made the problem subtly worse.”Source discussion ↗
St. John's WortMixed
“St Johns Wort gave me a few windows of feeling normal like I used to 15 years ago, which was amazing, but it started becoming unreliable.”Source discussion ↗
St. John's WortMixed
“never actually found anything that helped. Not one thing... Supplements I've tried include fish oil pills, htp-5, fluoxetine, effexor, adderall, ritalin, vitamin b complexes, and st johns wort.”Source discussion ↗
St. John's WortMixed
“This started after using Ashwagandha and St. John’s Wort. Instead of relaxing me, they seemed to 'turn off' my ability to feel pleasure or motivation.”Source discussion ↗
St. John's WortMixed
“I would try st jorts worth tea ... but it helped me with depresión.”Source discussion ↗
St. John's WortMixed
“I'm still taking it after 3 months...I feel a lot better, and my grades are higher than ever before.”Source discussion ↗
St. John's WortMixed
“I've used in for 1 month in the past. It didn't help with sleep, but it at least made me feel less anxious and stressed.”Source discussion ↗
St. John's WortMixed
“this was the combination I credit with getting the ball rolling for me a positive direction about two years ago. It made me feel comforted and upbeat, without dulling or flattening my emotional landscape.”Source discussion ↗
St. John's WortMixed
“I've tried small to large doses of so many things to help alleviate my fatigue, lethargy, depression, and anxiety, but I fail to notice anything positive effects from any of them.”Source discussion ↗