LongeCity - Safe daily stack? Any additions?

Category: Alertness, Cognition, Mood
Mood and energy
Ingredients:
- NALT — 350 mg, Daily
- ALCAR — 550 mg, Daily
- Alpha GPC — 230 mg, Daily
- Curcumin 95% — 500 mg
- Phenylpiracetam — 100 mg
- Glucosamine
- Sulbutamine — 400 mg
- Wakelert/Armodafinil — 75 mg
Sometimes I take different Racetams. I am looking for one that I can take daily with the above stack. I am thinking noopept or aniracetam. Any suggestions on a Racetam I can take daily? As for my stack listed above, I am looking for advie/tweaks. I suffer from mild depression, mild ADD, and I have general motivational issues. I am probably 15-20lbs overweight, but I am fairly physically active/capable. I run a 28min 5k 2-3 times a week and I also mountain bike and hike when I can. Swimming laps is something I would like to get back into doing. Although I am slightly introverted, I work as a bartender. I aspire to do a lot of intellectual reading and I am also a very creative type of person. I like making things out of leather, drawing, and just playing around. Reading and being creative are where I lack motivation though! I notice a huge benefit from NALT during and after I exercise, but I am wondering if I should take it every day, even on days when I don't exercise (?). If I take NALT, do I need to take ALCAR too? I am not sure I have noticed much from ALCAR but It is my understanding that since I often take various Racetams, that I should take ALCAR. Is this true? Are there any other tweaks or additions you would recommend? I want to make sure that I don't get fatigue from taking racetams. I have heard that I should consider adding DHA and DMAE. How do I know if this is something I should do?
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Adam Karlovsky — 2016-03-31 03:07:23 UTC
I'm no doctor, but I'd think it's pretty safe to take a quarter daffy any/every day, if you feel you benefit from that. That could help with focus when reading, and also help reduce your appetite (to help lose weight). However if you plan a creative session, anecdotally it's not good for that. NALT seems safe, and if it helps with your depression then that's a good thing. I should try l-tyrosine myself, but I won't be using NALT. Examine says: "N-Acetyl-L-Tyrosine appears to be able to contribute free L-Tyrosine in vivo after administration IV administration, but only able to increase L-Tyrosine concentrated 20% despite much larger increases in serum NALT. 56% of the adminstered dose of NALT is excreted in 4 hours and another study suggests that, overall, 35% of the total NALT dose (administered parentally) is excreted via the urine as NALT and not L-Tyrosine." So NALT is not worthless, but may not play the same role as l-tyrosine because it's excreted before it's converted? As for ALCAR, lots of people will disagree with me here but I don't think it's anything special (except, maybe, for vegans). Assuming you don't strictly follow a diet, adding DHA is probably a good idea. Looking over the tables at examine.com I prefer CDP choline over GPC, but that might just be a personal preference. If the cost of the stack is a strain, I think the evidence for glucosamine is weak, so maybe drop that? Recommendations: people with atypical mood and/or are overweight often sleep poorly, or follow bad sleeping habits, melatonin can help with this. Both selegiline and tianeptine comes highly recommended for hedonic modulation, I have had success with these compounds, but I am looking to replace the tianeptine with some thing else because it can be hard on the liver for some. I'll be trying a combo of ashwagandha and micro-lsd in the near future. Have you ever had your vitamin d levels checked? There is a high probability that you have low vitamin D, but that isn't to say I know you *do* have low vitamin D, just get it checked.
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jaross — 2016-04-02 21:23:09 UTC
I take Citricoline on some days when I don't work out and GPC when I do and some others. Citri/CDP coline can make me kind of tense sometimes. Its a half a 150mg Armodafinil. But in any case I don't feel like I need it every day and I don't want to build a tolerance. I generally sleep fairly well, always have. If anything I am in the best shape of my life. My girlfriend does wake me up in the morning when she goes to work and then I have to go back to bed. But I feel well rested. Sometimes I will take 5-HTP and/or CBD oil to help me sleep. For getting to sleep, I highly suggest CBD oil. It is legal in all 50 states. Cibdex seems to be a reputable brand which works well for me. I have heard that on paper NALT seems less useful then L-Tyrosine but that in fact many anecdotally find it to be more effective. I have not gotten my D levels checked. I do go outside more then most Americans, but that may not be saying much. I do appreciate the feedback, even if it seems like I have been a bit challenging to what you say. I just like to have all the info out there.
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maik2013 — 2016-05-02 08:37:18 UTC
I like the stack a very reasonable, responsible plan. I would agree that ALCAR is not necessary. It may also contribute to heart problems down the road and it makes me personally more robotic, anti-creative. /forum/topic/62857-study-links-carnitine-not-fat-or-cholesterol-to-heart-disease/

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