Comment · Sat, June 27, 2020
Another Caffeine question
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RSGC9 · 2 points
I started taking caffeine 8 years ago for the specific purpose of prolonging my Intermittent fasting before my first meal daily.
Somewhere along the line, I don't know when blurred into not a tool for fat loss but for my mental health. I dealt with several issues few over the past few years, eating disorders, anxiety, adhd, etc. Long story short. I quit caffeine during the past 3 months during the quarantine as I was getting negative fluctuations in my energy and mood. For the past 3 months. I've had a persistent subtle dysthmia / depression /anhedonia whatever its called.
I would describe as a decrease in my desire for social interactions / extraversion / willingness to engage with the world. Also motivation and energy were down.
During my time off I tried many things, here are those I've tried but none of them compare to caffeine:
1. RGPU-95
2. Phenibut
3. Phenylpiracetam (had mild effects)
4. Fl-modafinil
5. PPAP-HCL
6. Bromantane
7. Coluracetam
8. Cordyceps
9. Rhodiola
10. Ginseng gs15-4
11. Coq10
12. Longvida
13. St johns wort
14. Sam-e
15. Satiereal saffron
16. Zembrin
17. Alcar
18. Fasoracetam
19. Theacrine
20. Uridine
21. Tianeptine
I'm currently on polygala, ks…
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RSGC9 · 1 points
/u/misteryouaresodumb I would really appreciate your advice here, as 75% of my stack is sourced from ND and I feel your knowledge would be very helpful here. Idk what is it about caffeine that makes me feel alive, but if there was anything else out there that could help I'm sure you'd know
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb
I've consumed tons of caffeine my whole life. It's just been something I react well to, and I feel better on it. However, today I have not had any caffeine yet, and I likely won't. This is because I had to cut it out after I added in our enteric coated NMN tablets. I did not expect it, but it made me much more stimulated naturally to where I didn't need the caffeine. I think it is due to the combo I am on of NMN, berberine, CoQSol-CF, Microzinc, and D3/K2. With this combo I don't even need caffeine anymore. In fact, if I drank the amount I was doing before I started the NMN, I would be overstimulated all day. So perhaps you will react the same as I do.