Daily Nootropic Stack for Mood

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Been putting more focus lately on mood/cognitive support instead of just the usual gym supplements. Honestly, when mood is off, everything else goes to hell too.

I’m not looking for some euphoric stimmed-out feeling either. More interested in feeling stable, motivated, less stressed, and mentally “on” throughout the day without frying my CNS or needing 500mg caffeine just to function.

Curious what you guys are actually using daily for mood support that’s made a noticeable difference long term. Not just energy or focus, but stuff that genuinely improves stress and motivation. Seems like a lot of people here have gone way deeper into this side of supplementation than the average Reddit “take ashwagandha bro” advice.
 
Mood has been a big focus for me lately, Do you have ADHD, or have a overactive mind, and by that I mean a lot of background noise in your head, like it's hard to relax because you can't stop rifling through thoughts all the time. Does caffeine Jack you up, or does it make you feel normal. And what is your sleep like.

Sorry I know those are a lot of random questions but they're all very relevant
 
I’m taking Bacopa, Alpha GPC, and Nopept as singular supplements. There’s Huperzine A in my Lean Edge. I feel this has definitely helped my mood, focus, and concentration. I haven’t tried it yet but I read Focus XT is a great one. I would like to try that and Neuro gum.
 
Smont said:
Mood has been a big focus for me lately, Do you have ADHD, or have a overactive mind, and by that I mean a lot of background noise in your head, like it's hard to relax because you can't stop rifling through thoughts all the time. Does caffeine Jack you up, or does it make you feel normal. And what is your sleep like.

Sorry I know those are a lot of random questions but they're all very relevant
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I don't have ADHD but I do have anxiety at times but nothing that warrants medication. Sleep is erratic though. I get around 6 hours per night but catch up on the weekends.
 
KimChee said:
I’m taking Bacopa, Alpha GPC, and Nopept as singular supplements. There’s Huperzine A in my Lean Edge. I feel this has definitely helped my mood, focus, and concentration. I haven’t tried it yet but I read Focus XT is a great one. I would like to try that and Neuro gum.
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How do you like the noopept
 
I really like focus xt. I can take it everyday and it does not loose its affect. Great comprehensive product.
 
Smont said:
How do you like the noopept
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It’s good stuff, first week I felt totally zoned in laser focused. Almost like too focused lol. But it has leveled off some and I like the effects and it’s cheap.
 
Methylene Blue, saffron, NAC, mucuna, L-Carnitine, green tea, and cacao

Laxogenin (Iconogenin) for anxiety, cortisol or caffeine overdose

Love SNS focus xt and gorilla mind energy drinks

Dihexa, mots-c, semax, selank if you want to go the peptide route
 
For mood/mental I take nootropicsdepot's saffron, cognance, and sarcosine 2x a day. I used to be on a bunch of psychiatric medicine and I've replaced it with these to better effects, not that I recommend people try that generally. I used to be on high doses of two different antidepressants and two antipsychotics and a huge daily dose of benzos. For positive mood the sarcosine has the largest effect, cognance has treated psychotic symptoms better than the antipsychotics did (something to do with m1 receptors that newer antipsychotics now target too I think), saffron helps with anxiety issues, stress, and motivation.

For as needed anxiety/stress support but something that can also be taken daily apigenin is really, really good. It works as well as benzos used to work for me in that regard. Api-plex is really good value for this. Focus XT is also really good for energy and motivation.

A lot of this stuff seems to affect people very differently and to varying levels so it will probably take some trialing to find what works best for you.
 
AwakeningAlpha said:
Methylene Blue, saffron, NAC, mucuna, L-Carnitine, green tea, and cacao

Laxogenin (Iconogenin) for anxiety, cortisol or caffeine overdose

Love SNS focus xt and gorilla mind energy drinks

Dihexa, mots-c, semax, selank if you want to go the peptide route
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How’s that Methylene Blue?
 
thegroosh said:
For mood/mental I take nootropicsdepot's saffron, cognance, and sarcosine 2x a day. I used to be on a bunch of psychiatric medicine and I've replaced it with these to better effects, not that I recommend people try that generally. I used to be on high doses of two different antidepressants and two antipsychotics and a huge daily dose of benzos. For positive mood the sarcosine has the largest effect, cognance has treated psychotic symptoms better than the antipsychotics did (something to do with m1 receptors that newer antipsychotics now target too I think), saffron helps with anxiety issues, stress, and motivation.

For as needed anxiety/stress support but something that can also be taken daily apigenin is really, really good. It works as well as benzos used to work for me in that regard. Api-plex is really good value for this. Focus XT is also really good for energy and motivation.

A lot of this stuff seems to affect people very differently and to varying levels so it will probably take some trialing to find what works best for you.
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I’ve read about Saffron before was curious to try it.
 
KimChee said:
I’ve read about Saffron before was curious to try it.
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Nootropicsdepot saffron is my preferred but there's also an extract called "affron" that a lot of people like. As far as I know the nootropicsdepot one is more serotonergic and affron is more dopamine focused. Affron was pretty effective for mood but did not have as strong anti-anxiety effects for me.
 
thegroosh said:
Nootropicsdepot saffron is my preferred but there's also an extract called "affron" that a lot of people like. As far as I know the nootropicsdepot one is more serotonergic and affron is more dopamine focused. Affron was pretty effective for mood but did not have as strong anti-anxiety effects for me.
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Affron and Safr'inside

Affron for mood, Safr'inside for anxiety and stress.

Swanson saffron is 30mg organic Safr'inside
 
KimChee said:
How’s that Methylene Blue?
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IMO it's awesome. Cognitive boost at work and pumps when I get to the gym. Not to mention the potential health and detox benefits. I recommend the capsule form because it can be annoying and stain in liquid.

Try not to use decongestant nose sprays with it as it can be dangerous for BP. Currently off (while running mots-c due. to contrainteractions like serotonin syndrome) and miss it.
 
AwakeningAlpha said:
IMO it's awesome. Cognitive boost at work and pumps when I get to the gym. Not to mention the potential health and detox benefits. I recommend the capsule form because it can be annoying and stain in liquid.

Try not to use decongestant nose sprays with it as it can be dangerous for BP. Currently off (while running mots-c due. to contrainteractions like serotonin syndrome) and miss it.
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Really tempted to try Methylene Blue. Seems like a low risk thing to try and I see it on Amazon for relatively cheap. But my wife would probably think I've lost it taking blue dye :)
 
AwakeningAlpha said:
IMO it's awesome. Cognitive boost at work and pumps when I get to the gym. Not to mention the potential health and detox benefits. I recommend the capsule form because it can be annoying and stain in liquid.

Try not to use decongestant nose sprays with it as it can be dangerous for BP. Currently off (while running mots-c due. to contrainteractions like serotonin syndrome) and miss it.
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What brand are you using? There a bunch of different ones out there.
 
Focus XT and Mood Support XT is a great stack.

If I was picking two things, it would be those.

Good additions are Sabroxy XT and Polygala XT.
 
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