this is Michael Duggal the nootropic reviewer and during this video today you're going to learn
about the side effects and some alternatives to Vyvanse which is one of the most popular things
that you can take for ADHD and I've been there too I've used vyvanse I've used Concerta I've spent a
considerable amount of time on Ritalin as well and what they really did help me with was help
me to improve my attention to really increase my motivation but I really dislike the side
effects they included anxiety aggression often I couldn't sleep and the famous one that everyone
knows is blunting your appetite. and kind of like in my heart of hearts I knew that I could
not be on Vyvanse forever and maybe you can relate to so the good news is that there are
nootropic supplements that similarly may help to improve your focus because the longer that
you're on something like Vyvanse the harder it is to get off of it and what I mean by that is
very often people do experience withdrawals that was the case for me I'd use Vyvanse for several
months and once I took a two week break I could definitely feel like lethargic tired even symptoms
of depression it wasn't a nice feeling at all and that was a sign for me that I definitely had
to discontinue my use of Vyvanse altogether yes I could study faster yes I could get more work done
but in the grand scheme of things it just did not feel healthy but of course I will say to follow
the recommendations of your general practitioner I just simply want to share my experience and
what I have found has worked for me and worked for others and the very first alternative would
be phenylpiracetam I'm using it twice a week and fennel price time is really really strong for not
only physical energy but mental energy you'll find that you can sustain a really good level
of focus through the day and when you ingest phenylpiracetam within about an hour you will
just suddenly want to go for a run that's how energized you get from taking it and what I mean
is that like with my Advance you take it once a day and it lasts the whole day which is not like
caffeine it's not like most nootropic supplements out there but fortunately with phenylpiracetam
similarly you take it once in the morning and then it will work for the whole day often it will
work kind of too much and it may keep you up at night so I would recommend taking it within like
30 to 90 minutes after waking up you never want to ingest it first thing in the morning because
that's the time when you want to like avoid stimulants because you'll naturally have that
cortisol Spike that you need first thing in the morning within the first 30 30 minutes of you
arising so take your stimulants there afterwards the way that I'm usually using fennel press time
is I'm taking 80 to 100 milligrams right under the tongue leaving it there for a couple minutes and
I love that versus taking the capsule and like I mentioned I'm feeling energetic I'm feeling
great I'm feeling alert I have found that it can make you a little bit distractible it can
sometimes impair your judgment so the way that I would recommend you use fennel press time if
you choose to use it is to identifying the night before what your important work is that needs to
be accomplished during that day so that on the day when you're ingesting fennel cross
time you're focused you're alert you're energetic and then of course you can use it and you can get
everything done that needs to get done however it is important to note that fennel peraztime is not
to be used daily perhaps you can consider taking it on one of those days when it's an especially
stressful day maybe you have to travel because you'll get the alertness you'll get the energy
and it's really good in those scenarios where you are somewhat sleep deprived and the second
alternative or group of Alternatives is by using a caffeine l-tyrosine and Alpha GPC and so with
these three nootropics you may want to decide if you want to use them once in the morning and then
once again in the afternoon because it will not last as long of course as Vyvanse will but I can
assure you that it feels very similar you're going to get that increased motivation that
increased energy levels that increased drive to get done what needs doing and what caffeine
is of course is a stimulant that's going to be responsible for alertness for energy and
what I really like about l-tyrosine is that it similarly does help with motivation and people
often find this phenomenon that when they use caffeine along with l-tyrosine it's like the
caffeine makes l-tyrosine I feel even stronger which is what we want because ingesting too much
caffeine can have negative side effects in itself and then the way we use Alpha GPC is to help us
with clearing our mind with helping our mental energy that's really how you can look at Alpha
GPC it's a fundamental part of any nootropic stack out there it will help with cognition what Alpha
GPC is is choline which is a nutrient found in abundance in egg yolks actually but most of us
aren't eating enough egg yolks therefore we can justify ingesting Alpha GPC I would recommend
most people do it whether or not they're looking to find an alternative to Vyvanse or they're just
looking to improve their cognition to for instance let's say have a better memory to maybe think more
clearly it's good for long-term planning and decision making too so I'm typically taking
Alpha GPC three times a day myself and I've talked about it in more depth during this video here but
for this stack specifically and this is going to depend how often you want to use it if you choose
to use it once a day I would recommend something like 200 milligrams of caffeine 1000 milligrams
of l-tyrosine and about 200 milligrams of alpha GPC however if you really like this combination
because this combination will unfortunately only work for like three to four hours that's typically
how long we'll feel like the good effects of the caffeine before we experience any sort of Crash
but you likely shouldn't experience too much of a crash with with this amount of caffeine anyway but
if you use it twice a day then I would recommend something along the lines of 100 milligrams of
caffeine uh 750 milligrams of l-tyrosine and 150 milligrams of alpha GPC that's twice per day and
this is like a pretty clean snack you'll find it free of side effects for the most part if any
maybe they would be as a result of taking the caffeine because when you ingest caffeine you
you know you get that up but then you also get that down but because we're looking at
pretty small amounts of caffeine 100 milligrams to 200 milligrams you likely shouldn't feel that
bad maybe a little bit of brain fog but if that is the case I would recommend that you drink a
whole lot of water and that surely does help with the brain fog and then alternative number three
would be modafinil now with modafinil similarly to fennel prostam you ingested once in the morning it
will work throughout the whole course of the day it may help with alertness you won't get as much
physical energy that you'll get with fennel price time however with Vyvanse unfortunately you just
want to like get on a computer you want things to be fast you don't have the attention span for
anything and that's how modafinil feels you will find yourself on your phone scrolling texting
getting a lot done convincing yourself that you're being productive when in reality you're not that's
how it feels modafinil is really quite similar and what I like about modafinil versus fennel price
time is that I don't get the same withdrawals for instance if I take fennel prostam for like a week
straight the following day I'll be pretty low on energy but with modafinil it's very interesting in
that you don't feel that way perhaps it's because it doesn't physically stimulate you as much but
with monopodol be warned there are some really bad side effects which include headaches also it does
blunt your appetite and for many individuals they notice that it does unfortunately keep them up I I
like monophanol I've talked about the way that I use it in this video over here which is like the
god-like snack I feel great when I'm taking it I use it with Vitamin B and some other nootropics
like Alpha GPC like Rodeo rosea to help me keep a clear in mind and help to ease off the anxiety
so I don't recommend it but it definitely does work and for most people they find it noticeable
and they either like it or they dislike it and the very next alternative would be quality of
mind so quality of mine is a nootropic blend that has like more than enough ingredients for for you
to be convinced that it's worth your money like they if I put everything in this one product it's
incredible but what I like most about quality of mine uh when I use it versus this snack when I use
caffeine Alpha GPC and adult tyrosine is that it seems to work for a really long time like people
often mention like Michael I've tried calling mine and I noticed it worked for like six seven hours
I just had a great day and that's why I'm gonna continue using quality of mine for instance like
it really does happen and there are some reasons for that they have l-dopa machiniprians which is
responsible for increasing dopamine levels they have a really good serving of vitamin B it has
ingredients like bacopa and rhodiola rosea which are going to help you to fight off stress levels
um so I've talked about quality of Mind in depth throughout my videos because I I sincerely feel
it is the best nootropic blend out there and even though I do know quite a bit about nootropics I'm
still using quality mind when I'm traveling for example because of course I don't want to bring
along all those bottles with me and there are of course other nootropic Blends out there but
they're just like the worst versions of quality of mind to tell you the truth because they are
a little bit more affordable but they won't have some of those key ingredients that are
going to be responsible for you being focused being motivated and getting a lot done and I
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