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DlpaMostly positive
“L-Tyrosine/DLPA helps me with focus and NAC helps with my impulse control.”
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DlpaMostly positive
“I feel great, and my thoughts are fast and verbal fluency is great.”
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DlpaMostly positive
“I took DLPA every morning and tryptophan every night...Did this for 6+ months and I cured my major depression accompanied w severe anhedonia.”
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DlpaMostly positive
“about 3 days after I started taking Selegiline, DLPA, and raw cacao. I've been feeling like a million bucks”
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DlpaMostly positive
“I was depressed for 25 years, treatment-resistant, and "cured" myself with DLPA, an over the counter amino supplement”
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DlpaMostly positive
“I have taken l tyrosine, l theanine, DLPA, etc.. and tried countless OTC and nothing really works other than pseudoephedrine”
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DlpaMostly positive
“DLPA, L-Tyrosine, and NALT aren't subtle for me anymore for some reason. When I first tried them, I felt nothing. Now they are very noticeable to me”
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DlpaMostly positive
“Empty stomach upon waking up 500 DLPA with B6 with a bit of vitamin C. (B6 & C are co-factors) Then 60min later I would take the Vyvanse. Additionally if I feel like it then about 2 hours befor”
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FastingMostly positive
“on the second day it felt like a very light version of a stimulant. I was super productive and I was grinding my teeth.”
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FastingMostly positive
“I simply did not eat at all that day (so I ate last the night before the vaccination).”
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FastingMostly positive
“I take no food until 17:00. Eat my intake for the day and repeat. I only drink water, coffee, tea though the day. I've been doing this consistently for the past 3 years - no brain fog whatsoever. Energy levels are higher then ever before.”
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FastingMostly positive
“The way to prevent this is intermittent and long form fasting. Will raise your baseline of physical and cognitive energy, too, in my experience.”
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FastingMostly positive
“I think fasting for 12-16 hours overnight and not eating late (nothing after 8pm) made the biggest difference in helping my insulin sensitivity.”
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FastingMostly positive
“I started fasting not eating after 4 p.m and im doing a lot better now.”
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FastingMostly positive
“Fasting about 18-19 hours a few times a month may help. This is what I've been doing and works for me.”
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FastingMostly positive
“about the 5th day in I started laughing for no reason and just felt more in the moment but it wasn't much and didn't last.”
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FastingMostly positive
“Once I started doing it for a while the opposite was actually true. Way more energy and clear headedness”
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FastingMostly positive
“All of these symptoms went away when I do this. Insomnia of 18 months subsided, anxiety went away etc”
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FastingMostly positive
“the single biggest factor contributing to deep sleep is being fasted... my deep sleep can easily be 75% longer compared to other nights”
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FastingMostly positive
“I don't know why fasting has been so helpful, but it changed everything for me”
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FastingMostly positive
“With the 16:8 time restricting feeding I feel more energy during the day. Less sluggishness after eating”
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FastingMostly positive
“I feel more clear than ever right now. Also feeling stimulated and good”
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FastingMostly positive
“Anti inflammatory diet helps a ton and fasting helped me a lot”
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FastingMostly positive
“Today I ended a 43 hour fast with the goal of improving my productivity with my special technique (it worked) and it was great. I managed to do the stuff I wanted to do”
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Ketogenic DietMostly positive
“Low carb/moderate fat/moderately high protein eating, mixed with daily aerobic and anaerobic exercise, worked wonders for my ability to stay focused.”
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Ketogenic DietMostly positive
“I went no/low-carb/keto-ish about 2 years and really felt a difference in my subjective well-being: mood, weight, energy levels. Anytime I revert back to carbs I feel like crap.”
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Ketogenic DietMostly positive
“Once I got my carbs down to 20-30 g a day my anxiety went away almost completely.”
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Ketogenic DietMostly positive
“Everytime i've gone into ketosis i feel MUCH more lucid, calm, and sharp.”
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Ketogenic DietMostly positive
“I adopted a ketogenic diet to deal with the insulin resistance, and within a week I felt amazing.”
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Ketogenic DietMostly positive
“I do keto (and tell the entire internet and all my friends) for its nootropic effects. Mental clarity and stability. Higher baseline in terms of energy and focus.”
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Ketogenic DietMostly positive
“I stopped needing a CPAP machine after a couple of months on the ketogenic diet.”
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Ketogenic DietMostly positive
“One of my friends recently went keto and said she noticed a significant reduction in her anxiety.”
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Ketogenic DietMostly positive
“A ketogenic diet helped in almost every aspect of my physical and mental well-being. ... I felt absolutely awful the entire time I was on keto.”
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Ketogenic DietMostly positive
“I've found that shifting my diet from carb/sugar based to protein/fat based helps.”
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Ketogenic DietMostly positive
“Ketogenic diet made the biggest difference for me. And creatine. All other nootropics and supplements did jack shit.”
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Ketogenic DietMostly positive
“The calmness, stability, and clarity is unmatched by any drug or nootropic I have ever tried. Been on it consistently for about three months. I feel a ton better.”
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Ketogenic DietMostly positive
“Following a Ketogenic diet has helped me with all of the above.”
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Ketogenic DietMostly positive
“also on a ketogenic diet. Not sure which is doing which, but I have less brain fog, less anxiety, less depressive thoughts.”
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Ketogenic DietMostly positive
“What helped me BEST, is not all the supplements (i've tried millions) but intermittent fasting and then Omad style. And, ketogenic food. So, 3500 a meal while eatig keto. Never had such good results.”
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Ketogenic DietMostly positive
“I've been in nutritional ketosis for 2 years straight now and every day I feel more and more amazing.”
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