Brain Supplements Forum

[Rickjames11]

Has anyone tried DHA and/or ginkgo, perhaps others? Thoughts?

[071816]

[Rickjames11]

Haha chimp you tickle me.

[pizzabrosauce]

By taking it all the time, you might gain some discipline, but physiologically its just placebo.

[ngogirl]

I personally think they slow your cognitive processes, not enhance them...

Try green/white teas and fish.

[Sloth Hero]

If you are interested in nootropics i'd recommend

1g piracetam 3x daily
1g choline bitartrate 2x daily (take in afternoon and evening with the piracetam)
-choline can sometimes make people sleepy, so don't take it in afternoon if you still have work

500mg-1g of Focus XT 40 mins before you are going to start working.
-Focus XT is a stack that contains: choline, l-tyrosine, Huperzine A, Acetyl-L-Carnitine, DMAE, Vinpocetine

This regiment puts me in the zone and definitely assists short-term memory (godly-helpful for LSAT), as well as increases mood/motivation.

This is a good starter-setup for cognition enhancers. You can also try adding ALCAR, picamillon, PEA (fights with absorption with piracetam, so use one or the other), and there are many others if you do your research.

If you are going to be taking nootropics make sure you are on a good multivitamin and that you are getting an adequate amount of protein and calories.

[ExcelBaller]

Call Bradley Cooper for a few NZTs

[thederangedwang]

eat a lot of walnuts n almonds

[3v3ryth1ng]

I heard Methamphetamine can help you focus for extended periods of time. That's what I did. I finished PTs 40-50 last night.

[bruss]

500mg-1g of Focus XT 40 mins before you are going to start working.
-Focus XT is a stack that contains: choline, l-tyrosine, Huperzine A, Acetyl-L-Carnitine, DMAE, Vinpocetine

This regiment puts me in the zone and definitely assists short-term memory (godly-helpful for LSAT), as well as increases mood/motivation.............If you are going to be taking nootropics make sure you are on a good multivitamin and that you are getting an adequate amount of protein and calories.

this!
1/2-1 gallon of water and you are set!
But if you are scared/unhealthy just get focus fast:'(

[Rickjames11]

Call Bradley Cooper for a few NZTs

+1

[LexLeon]

I'm a health FREAK, and this is my recommendation:

Don't go out of your way to take "supplements"; but regularly incorporate superfoods into your diet, e.g., the below:

1. Flaxseed meal (easily incorporated into oatmeal)
2. +1 to the gentleman that recommended Walnuts; all nuts, especially Walnuts are excellent for your brain
3. WILD Alaskan Salmon (The ultimate source of DHA)
4. Blueberries--and all dark fruits, like Pomegranate
5. Green Tea

Of course, the list goes on. But most importantly, stay well hydrated (but plan properly for when you'll need to sit for the first three sections and then some), well rested (~8 hours a night), and eat healthily in general, excluding gluttonous amounts of alcohol (a glass of wine is fine) and other drugs (except the bit of caffeine in tea), trans fat/fast food/really salty food, artificial preservatives, and candy, which will ruin your concentration, etc.

PM if you want to hear more. You're doing awesome! Keep up the good work.

[Sloth Hero]

I'm a health FREAK, and this is my recommendation:

Don't go out of your way to take "supplements"; but regularly incorporate superfoods into your diet, e.g., the below:

1. Flaxseed meal (easily incorporated into oatmeal)
2. +1 to the gentleman that recommended Walnuts; all nuts, especially Walnuts are excellent for your brain
3. WILD Alaskan Salmon (The ultimate source of DHA)
4. Blueberries--and all dark fruits, like Pomegranate
5. Green Tea

Of course, the list goes on. But most importantly, stay well hydrated (but plan properly for when you'll need to sit for the first three sections and then some), well rested (~8 hours a night), and eat healthily in general, excluding gluttonous amounts of alcohol (a glass of wine is fine) and other drugs (except the bit of caffeine in tea), trans fat/fast food/really salty food, artificial preservatives, and candy, which will ruin your concentration, etc.

PM if you want to hear more. You're doing awesome! Keep up the good work.

Great recommendations, and of course essential to your diet. If you do this and take the nootropic stack I recommended you will unleash some serious brain potential.

[ResolutePear]

[penguinbrah]

If you are interested in nootropics i'd recommend

1g piracetam 3x daily
1g choline bitartrate 2x daily (take in afternoon and evening with the piracetam)
-choline can sometimes make people sleepy, so don't take it in afternoon if you still have work

500mg-1g of Focus XT 40 mins before you are going to start working.
-Focus XT is a stack that contains: choline, l-tyrosine, Huperzine A, Acetyl-L-Carnitine, DMAE, Vinpocetine

This regiment puts me in the zone and definitely assists short-term memory (godly-helpful for LSAT), as well as increases mood/motivation.

This is a good starter-setup for cognition enhancers. You can also try adding ALCAR, picamillon, PEA (fights with absorption with piracetam, so use one or the other), and there are many others if you do your research.

If you are going to be taking nootropics make sure you are on a good multivitamin and that you are getting an adequate amount of protein and calories.

do you even lift?


edit: good regimen btw. I wouldn't recommend taking piracetam at the same time as the choline - will probably make you sleepy. take choline at night time- 1-2 grams.. and then take 1.6-2.4g piracetam with 500mg alcar in the morning (never take piracetam by itself) and then you can take focus xt a little bit after also.. just sip on it while u study

[TrojanHopeful]

Call Bradley Cooper for a few NZTs

+1

All I could think about when I was watching that movie was how helpful those things would be for the lsat.

[penguinbrah]

also check this out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEHVz5XCmBs

listen to binaural beats in the range of beta waves before beginning your practice... within the 20-40hz range find a number that works best for you. I found that 20 hz works the best for me.. really puts me in the zone for drilling questions. sometimes i listen to it while drilling also.


if you want to something to help you remember the material you have just learned before sleeping for the long term listen to this right before you go to sleep:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bf5ha8Zt ... re=related


edit: you have to use headphones or else it wont work and dont listen to it too loud. if youre listening to it at the same time as some music... the binaural beats volume should be at half that of the music.. so put your music at 50% and your binaurals at 25%

[theavrock]

^^^
Interested in this, but please explain...

[penguinbrah]

^^^
Interested in this, but please explain...

look up "binaural beats".

Our brains have a certain range of frequency that it operates in. They range from gamma, beta, alpha, theta, and delta.

When our brains are at the highest and most active states (sports, thinking, arguing, wide awake, alert, etc.) they are in the beta states. Beta corresponds with logic, reasoning, problem solving, and active focus - athletes are also known to be in this and the gamma stage during times of high focus and competition. People with ADD/ADHD lack these brain waves and are mostly in the the alpha and theta states. Alpha waves correspond to a relaxed mindset, and we are in theta in REM sleep I believe and delta when we are in deep sleep. However I believe that theta and delta corresponds to memory and learning retention - so when reading something right before bed that you want to put in to long term memory it may help to put your brain in theta or delta states. Theta and delta states also correspond to higher levels of meditation/outer body experiences/astral travel.

By listening to these binaural beats.. we can "entrain" our brains to be in the state that we desire to be in. That's why when you listen to the 20-40 hz beta waves.. it puts your brain in a beta wave state and increases focus etc.

Just google binaural beats and brain waves there's a lot of information on it. Also a website called mentallion or something has a lot of good information and different wave frequencies that you can listen to for different brain states

[Sloth Hero]

If you are interested in nootropics i'd recommend

1g piracetam 3x daily
1g choline bitartrate 2x daily (take in afternoon and evening with the piracetam)
-choline can sometimes make people sleepy, so don't take it in afternoon if you still have work

500mg-1g of Focus XT 40 mins before you are going to start working.
-Focus XT is a stack that contains: choline, l-tyrosine, Huperzine A, Acetyl-L-Carnitine, DMAE, Vinpocetine

This regiment puts me in the zone and definitely assists short-term memory (godly-helpful for LSAT), as well as increases mood/motivation.

This is a good starter-setup for cognition enhancers. You can also try adding ALCAR, picamillon, PEA (fights with absorption with piracetam, so use one or the other), and there are many others if you do your research.

If you are going to be taking nootropics make sure you are on a good multivitamin and that you are getting an adequate amount of protein and calories.

do you even lift?


edit: good regimen btw. I wouldn't recommend taking piracetam at the same time as the choline - will probably make you sleepy. take choline at night time- 1-2 grams.. and then take 1.6-2.4g piracetam with 500mg alcar in the morning (never take piracetam by itself) and then you can take focus xt a little bit after also.. just sip on it while u study

I don't lift that hard, requires too much time and too much sleep. I have way too much stuff to do.

And that's why i take piracetam with focus xt, because it has alcar and a little bit of choline in it. taking alcar by itself and taking focus xt afterwards might be a bit too much

[penguinbrah]

If you are interested in nootropics i'd recommend

1g piracetam 3x daily
1g choline bitartrate 2x daily (take in afternoon and evening with the piracetam)
-choline can sometimes make people sleepy, so don't take it in afternoon if you still have work

500mg-1g of Focus XT 40 mins before you are going to start working.
-Focus XT is a stack that contains: choline, l-tyrosine, Huperzine A, Acetyl-L-Carnitine, DMAE, Vinpocetine

This regiment puts me in the zone and definitely assists short-term memory (godly-helpful for LSAT), as well as increases mood/motivation.

This is a good starter-setup for cognition enhancers. You can also try adding ALCAR, picamillon, PEA (fights with absorption with piracetam, so use one or the other), and there are many others if you do your research.

If you are going to be taking nootropics make sure you are on a good multivitamin and that you are getting an adequate amount of protein and calories.

do you even lift?


edit: good regimen btw. I wouldn't recommend taking piracetam at the same time as the choline - will probably make you sleepy. take choline at night time- 1-2 grams.. and then take 1.6-2.4g piracetam with 500mg alcar in the morning (never take piracetam by itself) and then you can take focus xt a little bit after also.. just sip on it while u study

I don't lift that hard, requires too much time and too much sleep. I have way too much stuff to do.

And that's why i take piracetam with focus xt, because it has alcar and a little bit of choline in it. taking alcar by itself and taking focus xt afterwards might be a bit too much

i asked because most people from a bodybuilding background have heard of focus xt -- "do you even lift" was a meme from another forum lol thought you might've seen it because there's always talk about focus xt and piracetam etc.


yea i agree alcar at 500mg plus focus xt would be overkill.

[tomjennings]

I have been taking a B vitamin and DMAE every morning for about a month, and I feel better than I ever have. If you don't mind bright yellow urine, I would suggest taking these for endurance, energy, and concentration.