That's a good point, I'm just starting to feel like I'm getting jerked around a little bit. I don't want to miss something else that could potentially be wrong but I'm having a hard as hell time dealing with the constant lethargy, brain fog, shitty sleep, and mood swings. In September I start my final quarter of college with by far my hardest class load and I'm pretty concerned with not being able to function well enough to pass my classes.
Got any tips for how to deal with these symptoms without living off of caffeine and melatonin?
Try to use other nootropics & stimulants, and stop using melatonin (helps you get to sleep but not stay asleep, and using it messes up your endogenous melatonin hormone production creating a cycle of dependency).
Staying hydrated, taking short walks, eating decent nutrition and avoiding simple sugars that will cause big fluctuations in blood sugar, drinking a lot of fresh brewed green tea, raising choline intake, things like taurine, ALCAR, tyrosine. Use like 8mg Noopept 2-3 times per week before the most important studying sessions to drive learning. Adrafanil, modafanil, that family of drugs can really create wakefulness for large time periods - they will jack your sleep up though if you over use or take later than first thing in the morning.
Do make sure you are taking a zinc supplement inbetween meals in the morning, and taking magnesium before bed. These are things you don’t want to be deficient in for lots of testosterone, mood, neurological reasons, and most people are magnesium deficient and most men could stand to consume more zinc. It’s also a rate limiter for muscle growth if insufficient (even in AAS users not worried about natural test levels).
There’s probably many more ideas, but I would also say just believe in yourself. Believe in your ability to do this, to learn & that you can make it through. Sometimes things are hard & it’s going to take some grit, and you’re not going to like it. But you have to believe that if you just keep going you can make it out the other side successfully. In a word, perseverance.