best supplements for focus?

[Manas]

can you guys tell me 

[Natasha Tori Maru]

Exercise 

[Manas]

@Natasha Tori Maru other than that in food supplements

 

[Natasha Tori Maru]

Caffeine, Creatine, L-Theanine - all work for me

But many of these additional supplements don't move the needle as much as sleep, morning light, hydration, cardio, resistance training and high quality nutrition. Maintaining a healthy body composition.

The problem is, no one is really attending to the basics. The basics do most of the work. Supplements just give a slight edge. Even caffeine has pretty big rebound dips in focus

[integration journey]

Magnesium glycinate could be great

[Manas]

@Natasha Tori Maru ty

[something_else]

13 hours ago, Natasha Tori Maru said:

Caffeine, Creatine, L-Theanine - all work for me

But many of these additional supplements don't move the needle as much as sleep, morning light, hydration, cardio, resistance training and high quality nutrition. Maintaining a healthy body composition.

The problem is, no one is really attending to the basics. The basics do most of the work. Supplements just give a slight edge. Even caffeine has pretty big rebound dips in focus

Bingo. Sleep especially is the biggest one for me. After I started tracking my sleep with a wearable tracker I realised just how much of my mental state on a given day was determined by whether I got 7+ hours sleep or more the previous night.

[PsychedelicEagle]

Cleaning an (average) diet often yields more than adding things on top.

In case you haven't yet: what parts of your diet or supplement strategy could be cleaned up with the same purpose, before adding new things?

PS: Not saying you necessarily have an average diet yourself, but that's the first question without prior knowledge.

Edited Wednesday at 03:06 PM by PsychedelicEagle

[AION]

This combo is the best. Magnesium, L-Theanine, Ashwagandha and Maca.

[Joseph Maynor]

Caffeine.  

[Cireeric]

I love the state I get into when I take Qualia Mind, Coffee with some Creatine + 1mg of Nicotine via spray. If you want to reproduce it less expensively it would be L-Theanine, Creatine, Coffee + Nicotine. The L-Theanine smoothes out the edginess of the Coffee + Nicotine and gives you a more stable, meditative focus, but with peak clarity to absorb information and make insights.

[Joseph Maynor]

I've experimented with Nootropics and they do work, but they cost money.  

[Joseph Maynor]

This was my stack when I was experimenting with Nootropics:

Rhodiola 
Huperzine A 
Ginko Biloba
L-Tyrosine
L-Tryptophan
5-HTP 
PQQ
Choline 
Bacopa
Glucuronolactone
Inositol
Alpha GPC

[PenguinPablo]

Adderall point blank.

else:

On 10/13/2026 at 8:23 PM, Natasha Tori Maru said:

Caffeine, Creatine, L-Theanine

 

[Joseph Maynor]

I've experimented with caffeine and L-Theanine together.  That is a good mix.  Just make sure you don't get super hooked on using caffeine.  L-Theanine reduces the jitters of the caffeine.