Comment · Sat, August 15, 2020 · ND Owner

Best Calming/Anti-Anxiety ND Supplement or Nootropic?

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jarrellt67 · 22 points

Good morning everyone. I'm looking for some suggestions on something to try from ND to help decrease anxiety and irritability issues. I plan on doing some lab testing (for at least hormone levels) once I get things approved through insurance. In the meantime, I'm looking for something to help with those issues (baby arriving soon and something to keep anxiety/irritability down while I'm sleep deprived would be very beneficial). Below is a list of things I've tried from ND already:

Bacopa (synapsa and bacognize) - brain fog and anxiety

Ashwagandha (ksm-66 and sensoril) - anxiety with ksm-66; slight calming with sensoril at doses of 125-250 mg (not sure if going higher with dosing would be an issue as I have a low TSH of 0.5 and worry a out hyperthyroid issues)

Curcumin (longvida) - anxiety

Aniracetam - brain fog and anxiety

Phenylpiracetam - slight brain fog and really sleepy at doses between 50 mg and 200 mg (lethargy increases with dose)

Lemon Balm (ND extract and Cyracos) - anxiety with Cyracos; brain fog and lethargy with ND extract...doesn't seem to help anxiety either

Agmatine - severe anxiety/anger at doses between 250 mg and 2 g

Choline - all forms help anxiety…

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jarrellt67 · 4 points

I will probably give that a try when the capsules come out (hate messing with powder). However, I'm really interested in the new ND extract that isn't out yet. Saw it mentioned in another thread and that they were standardizing it for the more mood improving components. Probably be a while before it comes out though...

Edit: question for u/MisterYouAreSoDumb - do you have a timeframe for when the Shoden extract will be released in capsules? Starting full-on sleep deprivation mode now since the baby arrived yesterday (conveniently at 1 am...) and it seems like something that would help stress levels a lot. :)

u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · ND Owner

We are redoing the capsule run, because there was too much variability for my liking. It totally sucks, because we have to grind them all up, then re-slug them, then encapsulate them again. However, as much as it would be much easier just to accept outside our specs just this one time, I can't do it. It's got to be done perfect. So we are working on that rework. I am hoping it won't take too long.

To add insult to injury, there is a capsule shortage worldwide because of COVID-19. We have had multiple suppliers go out of business because of the virus, too. Our damn tablet coater in California just went bankrupt and closed a week ago or so. :-(. So the supply chain is really starting to get hit hard. We are working VERY diligently to have it not affect customers, but it is looking pretty bleak out there. Lots of companies are not going to make it out of this.

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