What people actually say

“taurine (2–3 g daily) and alcohol are the only substances that have seemed to calm my body’s stress and anxiety.”

“If I drink, even one beer or glass or wine but certainly if I have two or three, I sleep terribly. I'm up all night. My heart rate is elevated and I get jittery.”

“I can’t sleep without it and don’t sleep with it. Every day ends up plan to drink and hide it if I can.”

“Alcohol is limited to weekends (at which point I sleep through the night, but sleep quality is garbage).”

“Don't drink booze. My resting heart rate while I sleep on the weekends swings soooo much higher than during the week.”

“After I stopped using weed and drinking alcohol I have only been sick like 3x in the past 3 years.”

“I noticed when I first started drinking that during an EPIC hangover, all three symptoms go away and finally, clarity sets in.”

“I've noticed this from many different supplements, including ashwagandha, bacopa, passion flower, even alcohol & phenibut.”

“Yes, made it so I had to stop drinking. My anxiety would be so bad post drinking, it was fucking awful.”

“Alcohol does in fact make me very energized. Definitely harder to sleep too if I've had a couple of drinks.”

“Alcohol + MDMA is the magic substance to cure my social anxiety.”

“A bit of alcohol did actually help with it, so I thought it was maybe anxiety related.”

“alcohol (which boosts gaba) is like a miracle drug for me, except it's terrible for your health and the hangovers make all the anxiety way worse.”

“During a hangover, literally all these symptoms are gone. I'm in a carefree state, extremely creative and wordy. I work efficiently. I feel like I actually have a personality and it comes out when I'm hungover.”

“When I'm drinking, I can laser focus on what is going on in the show and follow it, and my comprehension... goes from like... 60% to 95%.”

“Alcohol: Takes some of the fatigue and anxiety away but I dont like its side-effects.”

“Copper was a big savior for me, the difference is huge and started right after starting to focus on it. My deep sleep has only gone up and up.”

“I took zinc and copper high dosed and it did not raise my levels. Months now in.”

“started supplementing copper, which I believe can be seen on my face since my wrinkles are considerably reduced in size (copper is important for collagen synthesis)”

“started taking 2mg of copper, and my ADHD improved a lot... Copper is not particularly dangerous.”

“Heightened taste, smell & hearing. Energy levels skyrocket. My brain feels like it's working more powerfully and efficiently.”

“A week ago I started taking 3mg of copper everyday... After freaking years of living in fog, having no drive, no energy, no concentration, I finally feel normal again.”

“my skin has never looked this good ever. Great energy that comes with a positive & clear vibe.”

“Zinc gave me stomach issues. It needs copper for balance otherwise you get weird symptoms. Copper helped a lot with neurotransmitters, digestion and skin.”

“I found out I was taking too much zinc without an appropriate dose of copper to offset. Zinc in the morning and copper at night with magnesium helped fix it.”

“I have started taking a copper supplement bc I have heard that gray hair can be due to a copper deficiency, so far I haven't noticed anything”

“when I take copper, the exact opposite happens. My mood lowers and I feel like shit”

“took copper 2mg daily for 3 days this week and my smell comes back and feeling warm. Sexually feeling better as well”

“When I added the copper my insomnia came back hardcore for about 2 weeks...after 2-3 weeks I began sleeping even better”

“After just a few weeks of taking a zinc/copper supplement I've noticed some reversal in the greying”

“I then took copper and my energy level and alertness shoot up immediately”

“After I begun taking copper i had so much deep sleep.”

“Other things are in that gray area like sulbutiamine, racetams, selegiline, and nicotine have helped me.”

“Before, I was trying some racetams but reading this article scared the hell out of me about racetams and I stopped.”

“even the nootropics that some communities swear by did nothing for me (some that come to mind - racetams, tyrosine/NALT, NAC, methylated B vitamins...”

“Noopept/racetams/choline useful to bring back my recall after I had destroyed it through years of dxm abuse. It DOES work for that, but if you are a healthy adult it does absolutely nothing.”

“The racetams and all the other stuff people are talking about in this sub did nothing for me.”

“I have noticed since starting glutaminergic nootropics, my excitement levels have fallen, and euphoria that I get from certain drugs has diminished.”

“I tried all the standard racetams, noopept, phenibut, all kinds of shit...Still either nothing, or effects that were barely perceptible.”

“taking racetams over an extended period without choline gave me less optimal results including headaches.”