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[charisma]

Phospatidyl Serine - expensive, is it worth it?

Chocamine - heard good things

Green Tea Powder

Fo-Ti

Ashwagandha

Methionine

Higher dosages of Niacin and or B-6

Glucuronolactone Powder

Galantamine

Any other suggestions?


I'm basically working on sharpening clarity, awareness, creativity, memory and especially motivation. Also would like to lose a little weight and develop a healthy, non-jittery energy.

One odd thing that I've noticed is that my motivation to do things I normally wouldn't want to do, like working in the yard, has greatly increased since I started my supplement/nootropic regiment, but other things that I used to do routinely I've completely lost interest in. Important things... like my job. And also I have severe sugar cravings.

[jeromewilson]

I rather like chocamine, though from my very limited understanding of its action, it may have an adverse effect on memory (I might be misunderstanding or overstating this though).

http://antoine.frost...nandamide.shtml

[LifeMirage]

Phospatidyl Serine - expensive, is it worth it?

Not as a nootropic.

Chocamine - heard good things

Can't hurt.

Green Tea Powder

Yes.

Fo-Ti

Not the most important one to take.

Ashwagandha

Yes.

Methionine

No.

Higher dosages of Niacin and or B-6

Can he helpful for those with low energy, be sure to take the active forms (NADH, P-5-P)

Glucuronolactone Powder

Don't see a big benefit.

Galantamine

Yes

[Pablo M]

By "green tea powder" I assume you mean Japanese matcha. I drink this all the time; it's great. I've read that because the tea is is such a fine powder and because it is ingested, your body absorbs 10x more polyphenols from matcha than any other green tea. So basically it's like taking a green tea supplement. I read that Mao Zedong used to eat his tea leaves. heh

As for ashwaganda, I really like it. At first it made me sleepy but now it's pretty neutral, sometimes even stimulating. I take it in combination with bacopa and goto kola. I would also recommend you look at bacopa. You can't really go wrong with bacopa (increases SOD and Catalase levels in the brain and whatnot).

I once took 1 gram of niacin and experienced very unpleasant side effects. I felt like I had a fever; my skin flushed a red color and I felt sort of itchy. I don't take niacin separately anymore