I'm ordering some nootropics from gorilla mind to try em out (love their pre, legit the only one I will ever buy). Never used nootropics, no idea if I'll benifit from them. I wanna hear any experience anyone has had here. Worth it? Or am I wasting my birthday cash?
I'm looking at picking up:
Gorilla mind smooth
Gorilla dream
Lock and load (for my other head)
They give a pretty good boost without any real negatives or comedowns in a lot of cases. They're extremely expensive for what they do and I haven't really used them much since starting testosterone since i find im functioning really well all the time regardless now and it's cheaper and less cumbersome. But I've got quite a bit of experience.
A choline supplement will be one of the best staple nootropics. Alpha GPC is the best with CDP choline as a 2nd cheaper alternative. This will help with mood, energy, learning, memory, and a lot more.
Stacking choline with racetams can be pretty powerful depending on how you go about it. When I was grinding on my business I found that 300mg alpha GPC with 750mg oxiracetam, 750mg puracetam and 300mg pramiracetam gave me an amphetamine like focus for 3 hours or so. Very powerful combo.
Aniracetam is said to be really good for social anxiety but it didn't do much for me in that regard. It did improve my memory and especially verbal fluency though.
Noopept is great. It kills anxiety, gives you a great focus, memory and motivation boost while turning your emotions down for 2-3 hours with a noticeable boost for the rest of the day. It's very good for brain growth in the long term too. Dosage has to be dialed in along with choline dosage or it can acutely give you the short term memory of a gold fish or give you headaches. It needs some respect but when dialed in it's one of my favorite nootropics. Plus it's dirt cheap. Make sure to use it sub-lingually, a nasal spray is best but is a hassle to make and way more expensive than powder. The spray is very convenient since you have to weigh it out with a mg scale otherwise. It's kinda like a powerful racetam. We called it space cocaine when I was doing car sales.
Rhodiola rosea is my favorite. I don't think I can take it with testosterone unfortunately since I'm prone to mania and it potentiates dopamine. It's a light stimulant without any negative stimulant like effects. Very feel good, I've compared it to the feeling of being freshly in love just tuned down. Great for a pick me up in the early afternoon and evening. It also promotes brain growth and is a potent anti depressants and anti anxiety.
Bacopa is by far the best memory enhancer on the planet. It's very powerful at crushing anxiety too but it can de-motivate you since it lowers dopamine in the striatum I believe. If you take it for 3 months the memory boosting effects stick around after discontinuation. It builds your brain up similar to rhodiola.
Lion's main is great for de-stressing and growing your brain. It's probably the most anti-depressive nootripic I've used.
Ashwagandha beats anxiety meds in lowering cortisol over time. It repairs brain damage and helps your brain grow. The stuff is very similar to lions mane with emphasis on anti-stress. Both will make you sleep better and can slightly de-motivate you from chilling you out so much.
If you wanna get crazy cerebrolysin is purified pig brains that you can inject. One injection grows your brain more than anything we know of. It's very neuro protective too. I plan to try it during a nandrolone blast to protect my brain.
Some of the stronger ones to mention that are more on the side of powerful drugs would be modafinil, amphetamines and phenylpiracetam.
Modafinil is like a really clean caffeine high that lasts all day with minimal to no come down. It's way more mentally enhancing than caffeine too. It feels like you could just not be on anything but you have all the energy and motivation you'll ever need, and your brain is just firing way better. It's a very clean high. I love the stuff but I can take a small dose first thing in the morning and still not sleep well at all. Tolerance builds quickly I don't think it's am every day thing. You could probably get away with EOD. It's good for your brain.
Amphetamines beat everything for performance. They're the most performance enhancing drug on the planet in my opinion. Extremely addictive, not great for health, and can cause psychosis which is why I can't touch them but they are basically NZT from limitless. You can use it every day with minimal tolerance buildup if you don't abuse it.
Phenylpiracetam is really energizing but for me calming at the same time. It's a racetam so it amps up all your mental processes really well too. Make sure to use choline with any racetams or they won't work as well or potentially at all, and you can get headaches. Tolerance builds very quickly I'd say it's a 2x a week thing. It up regulates dopamine receptors so using it on your amphetamine free days can reset your tolerance.
Check out thenootropicsreviewer on YouTube he has lots of informative videos. There's another channel with an old dude with Grey hair who's really knowledgeable on the subject too. If you have lots of money to burn or your income depends on your performance nootropics can be an invaluable tool. They're fun to experiment with too. Best of luck!
give it a go good for appy suppression too. cheap and affective.