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I like lion’s mane but some say there are downsides, so it should probably be cycled.

Magnesium and theanine are my top two.

bitcoiner7 nym 2y ago

Sleep

Remove distractions

Remove or reduce sugar and alcohol

Sun exposure in the morning

Caffeine a bit later and none in the afternoon

Meditate to practice getting back to the thing you want to focus on, eg a breath, once you got distracted

And supplements? Maybe D3, and, anything else, likely best only if to know from blood work that you have a deficiency, assuming you eat a balanced diet with all need nutrients

Otherwise, yeah, magnesium, etc.

Or ephedrine for a strong, potentially unsafe and illegal kick, but I'd use it in emergency only, not a sustainable thing

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burns 2y ago

All great suggestions.

The lifestyle changes will have much higher impact than supplements and may prevent the need for supplementation.

One note on testing for deficiency: many people are deficient in magnesium, as levels in food have dropped and most people drink filtered, treated water. Magnesium is a cofactor in more than 300 enzyme systems throughout the body so it’s very important to have enough.

The most common way mg levels are tested for is the RBC test which tests the levels in your red blood cells. However, that test can be misleading. When the levels in your blood get low, cells dump mg into the blood stream so it’s hard to tell whether you’re deficient or not from that teat alone. Getting an EXA test will measure the mg levels in your cells.