What people actually say

“my doctor put me on low dose lithium a couple months ago... it has changed my life.”

“I'm dumber than ever on lithium... Lithium is either interphering with my Adderall or the cognitive dampening is cancelling out the focus and alertness benefits.”

“I personally used 2 - 5mg elemental lithium about twice a week ... improvement in cognitive and mood stabilization.”

“When I take 5mg of lithium orotate it gives me a feeling of apathy, but reduces my ability to experience pleasure (what is called anhedonia).”

“Choline+Galantamine ... near the end of the dream, or when I'm waking up I have much better dream recall than if I did not use the combo.”

“Yes, unfortunately I was tired all the time. It was like getting no sleep in spite of the fact that i was in fact sleeping every night. The clarity of perceptions and beauty of lucid dreams are unparalleled by 'real life'.”

“Great post. Exercise always works the best. Galantamine and memantine have really helped a lot for me as well.”

“One of my favorite combinations is L-Theanine (400 mg) and Galantamine (4 mg). The focus is incredible.”

“It helped me stay on Lamotrigine, which is the only med that works for my depression.”

“I’ve since trialled Pregabalin and currently been on Lamotrigine for 7 weeks and zero improvement.”

“I've realized I'm losing my short-term memory a lot as a side effect of Lamotrigine, 400 mg.”

“I was on Seroquel briefly, but found lamotrigine to be much more effective with less side effects.”

“I also like sunifiram + unifiram. Slight stimulant effect, increases focus (without tunnel vision that pramiracetam gives), and provides a nice – albeit minor – mood boost.”

“The most potent Nootropic for this is Sunifiram. In my opinion it is the most potent generally. Unfortunately I get insanely furious when taking it, which got worse over time.”

“Sunifiram seems to do amazing for keeping my brain running well off little-no sleep, but the effects are extremely short-lived.”

“I took 15mg in the morning. Then I had a iced chai drink...I felt like I was highly caffeinated, all day long.”

“Longvida curcumin is my reset when neuroinflammation gets high, slices through brain fog and helps with numbness.”

“I've been taking it for months and have noticed nothing.”

“I also noticed synergy between modafinil and longvida form curcumin, which may imply that the piperine is not the only substance affecting modafinil efficacy. The effects were significantly greater than either substance taken on its own.”

“I use longvida curcumin to avoid the piperine issue, and it works great.”

“I've been taking it for about a month and I get a clear, calm focus throughout the day.”

“I think in over a decade of experimenting with various things, this is the most powerful aid to my focus other than amphetamine-type dopaminergic stimulants that I've taken.”

“3/10 on first use (because of insomnia) 7/10 on my past couple of times taking it because of improved mood and energy.”

“the 4dma i felt really agitated but i was also in a very poor downer stressed mood and haven’t taken it since. looks like most people benefit from it according to reviews.”

“it help my concentration, working memory, focus capacity adhd issues a lot, while increasing my energy. Reading and focusing on books are much easier while regularly drinking it.”

“Anything I've tried (caffeine, cacao, other stimulants) improves my terrible focus and concentration but always ends up giving me severe anxiety.”

“10-25g organic cacao [since 6 years] - Makes me feel even very happy.”

“cacao powder has *awesome* antioxidant effects. My workouts have improved quite a bit.”

“Not a nootropic but I eat a bowl of frozen blueberries every day and it helps improve my memory.”

“I added blueberries and green tea for antiinflammatories, which had a nominal improvement on their own.”

“100g of blue berries or a ham sandwich or some other small meal after a few hours is definetly helping me”

“my lows became less and less deep, and feel non existent at the moment... increased my short term memory... my blueberry smoothies at many times work like viagra... no huffing or puffing, no out of breath”

“try a low dose nicotine patch . Will probably not keep you up, has the lowest addiction risk of all nicotine products, and speaking as a fellow ADHDer, helps with anhedonia for me.”

“I'm about to start the process of experimenting with low dose nicotine patches for a few weeks. I want to see what the effect will be on my focus and wakefulness.”

“I use low dosage nicotine patches when I really have to focus. They work rather well.”

“I take my Adderall with Nicotine patch which help calm me down. But the effects are not there anymore or not sustained long enough.”

“In my experience, niacinamide (not niacin) 1000-1500mg a day worked wonders in about 5-7 days.”

“Personally, I tried going the niacinamide/sustained release niacin path before I started nicotinamide riboside. No impact whatsoever.”

“sharp improvement in my working memory and recall when taking it ... night and day difference in my memory”

“Niacinamide is a great anti acne supplement. I take it orally, 1500 mg a day in one slow release tablet. It's completely changed my life! I'm so much less oily now”