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Do you use any nootropics? What is your nootropics stack like and how does it affect your daily life?
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kingpepe8006 sh.itjust.works kingpepe8006@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2025-05-06
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Used to take KSM-66 Ashwagandha(500mg). Recently started caffiene l-theanine in 1:2 ratio twice a day. It's effects are pretty noticeable but it does make me kinda gassy. Or is it just me?
What do you guys take if y'all even take any?

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betterdeadthanreddit lemmy.world betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-06
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No, none, my daily life is improved by not wasting money on snake oil.

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lokalhorst feddit.org lokalhorst@feddit.org
Joined: 2026-04-25
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I have no idea what you are talking about so I guess it is just you

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tyo_ukko sopuli.xyz tyo_ukko@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2023-06-05
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Just creatine for me. People say it works, and I think I feel less groggy when I'm on it, but in the end it's very hard to tell. At least it has physical benefits at the gym, so it's not wasted. Makes me retain water like crazy tho.

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PetteriPano lemmy.world PetteriPano@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-09-04
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I drink two mugs of black coffee every morning.

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ccunning lemmy.world ccunning@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-01
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333g boiling hot water filtered through 20g finely ground and lightly roasted C. Arabica once a day every morning like clockwork.

It’s effects are noticeable and it’s a pretty popular stack for millions of people but with slight tweaks to account for individual preferences. It doesn’t make me gassy but I do feel more attentive and ambitious which is a common refrain from others on this particular stack.

I do hear reports of bowel stimulation from many folks on the stack but I don’t personally experience this side effect.

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RBWells lemmy.world RBWells@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-14
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I do, actually.

Coffee every morning (about 3 hours after waking on weekdays, earlier on weekends) and Nicotinamide Riboside at lunchtime. Creatine some years. For like 15 years now. Ashwagandha (and most vasodilators) are a migraine trigger for me. L-Theanine I didn't notice any effect.

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schipelblorp sh.itjust.works schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2026-05-16
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No, none, my daily life is improved by not wasting money on snake oil.

I should start my own brand of nonsense so I can make a few bucks on posts like this.

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tyo_ukko sopuli.xyz tyo_ukko@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2023-06-05
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Why are people in these comments such huge dicks? What the hell is wrong with you people?

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leaky_shower_thought feddit.nl leaky_shower_thought@feddit.nl
Joined: 2023-09-12
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coffee with a sprinkle of cocoa in the morning, then followed by a strong b-complex after a full regular breakfast

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ProdigalFrog slrpnk.net ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net
Joined: 2023-07-04
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The most effective supplement with the biggest impact I've ever tried is plain old magnesium oxide (the expensive forms are a waste of money, and you'll actually absorb less elemental magnesium from them. Just take the oxide form with a meal to avoid the shits).

It's difficult to get enough magnesium in most diets, and I found that ensuring adequate magnesium intake had the effect of making my mind just feel sharper (that effect is especially prominent if you're supplementing vitamin-D as well, since that tends to use up magnesium in its conversion process, IIRC).

nothing else has had such a noticeable, non-placebo benefit (except Vitamin D if you're deficient, which will make you crazy depressed without getting sun or supplementing).

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TheJesusaurus piefed.ca TheJesusaurus@piefed.ca
Joined: 2025-10-20
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I should start my own brand of nonsense so I can make a few bucks on posts like this.

you haven't for the same reason I haven't I suspect. Sure there would be easy money to be made. But id have to live with myself

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schipelblorp sh.itjust.works schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2026-05-16
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you haven't for the same reason I haven't I suspect. Sure there would be easy money to be made. But id have to live with myself

I've tried being ethical.

So far it's been very much not working out.

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wezzzy lemmy.blahaj.zone wezzzy@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2024-02-24
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Why are people in these comments such huge dicks? What the hell is wrong with you people?

I dont condone being a dick but nootropics are kinda a heated topic bc it leads into a load of underresurched drug use a witch can be damaging to ur body and mind and it also feeds a pretty evil industry :/

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tyo_ukko sopuli.xyz tyo_ukko@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2023-06-05
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I dont condone being a dick but nootropics are kinda a heated topic bc it leads into a load of underresurched drug use a witch can be damaging to ur body and mind and it also feeds a pretty evil industry :/

In that case I feel like it's best to argue that rather than just conveying the inner arsehole. Perhaps there's a productive discussion to be had here.

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Leigh Weigh lemmy.world LeighWeighTacoma@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-08-08
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The most effective supplement with the biggest impact I've ever tried is plain old magnesium oxide (the expensive forms are a waste of money, and you'll actually absorb less elemental magnesium from them. Just take the oxide form with a meal to avoid the shits). It's difficult to get enough magnesium in most diets, and I found that ensuring adequate magnesium intake had the effect of making my ...

Yeah my doctor has me taking magnesium, vitamin D and iron. Definitely improved a lot of my life.

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Leigh Weigh lemmy.world LeighWeighTacoma@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-08-08
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For anyone else confused:

nootropic

American
[noh-uh-trop-ik, ‐-troh-pik] / ˌnoʊ əˈtrɒp ɪk, ‐ˈtroʊ pɪk /
adjective

(of a drug or other substance) capable of enhancing memory, concentration, or other cognitive functions and of preventing cognitive decline.

Each capsule contains six different nootropic substances.

noun

Also called smart drug. a drug or other substance that enhances memory, concentration, or other cognitive functions.

    The effectiveness, and safety, of certain nootropics remain debatable.

Etymology

Origin of nootropic

First recorded in 1970–75; < Greek nóo(s) “mind” + -tropic ( def. )

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wezzzy lemmy.blahaj.zone wezzzy@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2024-02-24
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In that case I feel like it's best to argue that rather than just conveying the inner arsehole. Perhaps there's a productive discussion to be had here.

Yah i agree but the internet does the internet i guess

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