everyone it's might be a nootropic reviewer I review nootropics and I talk
about personal development and during this video I want to talk about three
alternatives to modafinil stay tuned to the end of the video where I'm gonna
rate modafinil out of ten we're gonna go over their
benefits what makes them different to modafinil what the appropriate dosages
are and some of the side effects you should be aware of in case you're
unfamiliar with modafinil it is the gold standard of nootropics it's the most
talked-about nootropic I've made over thirty videos on it it has a lot of
benefits from a heightened physical and mental awareness to faster processing
speed better memory learning retention to your ability to speed read there
really are so many benefits although you know the saying what goes up must come
down and I'm a strong believer that be stronger the nootropic the stronger the
side-effects are in my opinion nobody should be using the National every
single day if you have a stack with the my national in it it is not sustainable
the first alternative to Modafinil would be a draft know what the benefits are
are that it's going to improve your processing speed it's going to improve
your memory it's gonna promote wakefulness very similar to modafinil
the difference is is that you need to dose it at a ratio of three to one so
three a draft notes one modafinil for example 300 milligrams is somewhat equal
to 100 milligrams reported by most users it's been my experience that when you
use a draft no at the beginning it seems very similar to modafinil
you have the focus you have the productivity you are able to have a much
bigger workload you're able to work eight to ten hour days and really stay
in state the whole day however what the really big difference is is the
irritability and why I don't use the adrafinil because you'll find that
it's very hard to have conversations with people you're just too stimulated
you're really just irritable it's almost like it induces that state where you're
just hungry and I think most people can relate to that when you're really hungry
and you're in a conversation with somebody you really just don't care what
they're saying you want food and that's the feeling you have with adrafinil
somewhere about six to eight hours after you're ingesting it however the first
three to five hours I would say you're very productive you're able to
efficiently task switch which is something I notice on modafinil it
becomes very easy to switch from task to another task
for example if you're in a meeting and then you have to go work on a project by
your computer or like video edit usually that stuff is very taxing and it takes
time to completely disengage from one activity to the next although with
modafinil anti-draft no you're just able to have these nice subtle transitions
and because of that you're able to work for a lot more hours and you'll find
that with modafinil anti-draft v'l even towards the end of the day you're just
in essence more productive you know warp hours higher and your focus is a lot
better so those are the benefits the side effects you can have it in the
powder form it doesn't taste too bad just have it with some water first thing
in the morning if you do choose to try it out alternative number two and I'm
taking this right now is phenylpiracetam I would say it's the most similar to
modafinil because it induces the wakefulness and you're really just
productive throughout the whole day so what the benefits of phenylpiracetam
are are that you have the benefits of having the heightened mental and
physical alertness you do feel somewhat stimulated which makes it a bit
different than modafinil like I find with modafinil I'm still able to do my
meditation practice which I do every single day although with phenol process
time you'll find that your mind is just racing a little bit more although
fortunately it doesn't really race in bad ways you won't find yourself
thinking pessimistically you'll find more so you just turned on your
stimulated and you're thinking optimistically and you're thinking very
creatively a big distinction I'd say between the two is that phenol price
time is very physically stimulating whereas modafinil is more so mentally I
find that with phenol price time towards the end of the day like eight hours
after my ingestion I just need to go for a run or I really just have to get off
my energy somehow I won't you always go for a run but it will typically look
like me doing my work standing up well I don't have a stand up desk but I'll just
be on my phone or even using my desktop standing up because I just have so much
physical energy and it's very hard to contain that's one reason it can be a
very good tool for working out I find that when I use fennel Prats time free
work or I'm able to get more reps in or if it's cardio my aerobic capacity is up
you want to be mindful of this if you're doing something like high-intensity
interval training as your heartbeat it can get it a comfortably high when
you're using fennel piracetam the dosage with film process time this
is really hard to say because everybody seems to react differently for me
I'm very responsive to modafinil to phenylpiracetam to pretty much all
neutral books I'm highly sensitive you can say I'm even sensitive to like half
a cup of coffee if I have 50 milligrams of caffeine it will keep me up if I take
it too late so what so is with fennel price time for me I find it something
like 80 milligrams of fennel price time is equivalent to a hundred milligrams of
modafinil in terms of the way that they stimulate you however a lot of
people dose it differently I'm somebody that just likes taking phenylpiracetam
them once in the morning and then I won't take it throughout the day because
it does keep me up with respect to the side effects I found that phenylpiracetam
time is more likely to keep me awake versus modafinil want to take bail price
time I find like it's hard to sleep until about 16 to 18 hours after my
initial ingestion even if I'm sleep-deprived other side effects you
should be aware of our withdrawals a lot of people report feeling withdrawals and
feeling low energy after consecutive days of using it that being said though
phenylpiracetam is not something I would use every day I'm using it maybe 2
to 3 times per week I'm just using it on days when I have more physically
demanding day or today when I just want to shift my perspective I want to get a
lot done I find that really does help to boost productivity it's not been my
experience that I feel withdrawals but I'm sure that if I did take it like 3 to
4 days consecutively then the following days I would feel a little bit of brain
fog I feel a little bit more tired nothing too severe and the third
alternative would be caffeine and l-theanine I think most nootropic users
are somewhat familiar with this nootropic what caffeine and Alfie me
will do will help to promote wakefulness it will stimulate you to some extent and
the athenians going to help you to minimize your anxiety promote a state of
relaxation and calmness and overall you'll just be able to be more
productive caffeine or nothing Wow there are so many benefits if I were
to talk about them all here it would be a very long video so in summary caffeine
it will boost productivity it will promote wakefulness and you'll overall
just have a very good mood you feel more confident and optimistic so the feeling
is very similar when you're taking caffeine and all Fenian in terms of your
productivity your focus your concentration in your mood although
where it makes a difference is that it does not last for a very long time most
users of caffeine and Ella Fenian report they feel like a well-oiled machine for
about one to three hours and then after that unforce
you feel somewhat of a crash where you have that brain fog you're not in the
best state so that's really where it is different the only way you can make it
somewhat similar to my national is if you strategically use caffeine and Elfi
means something like at the beginning of the day and then early afternoon and
then if you're not so sensitive you can take a dose later in the late afternoon
early evening to help you with your productivity
I found that I respond very well to caffeine and Alfie need so I'm using it
everyday in a ratio of one caffeine to two l-theanine like 100 milligrams of
caffeine with 200 milligrams of ll Fenian and people often ask me Mike can
you combine caffeine and Alfie mean with modafinil I can't answer that question
you'd have to speak with your GP I can just talk about my personal experience
I'm very often combining the two that being said I'm usually using the
National at a very small dose but I'm using modafinil maybe twice a week and
when I use it it's a dose like 70 milligrams or maybe at max 120
milligrams because that's enough to really get me stimulated and then
towards the end of the day unfortunately I feel those modafinil headaches what I
like about caffeine and Ella Fenian is that it is naturally occurring meaning
it's relatively safe I find there's nothing really wrong with taking it too
often versus the other three nootropics that I've talked about on this video and
it's something found in green tea which goes to show you that a lot of people
are ingesting caffeine and a lavinia and maybe not even knowing about it overall
I would rate modafinil nine out of ten there is no denying that it is a very
powerful nootropic it will boost your productivity it will promote wakefulness
it will make you in a better mood even if you're somewhat sleep-deprived
although unfortunately it has really bad side effects so you want to be conscious
of that most users report the modafinil headache or some people just report
feeling dumb and I can relate to that I've not found that modafinil will make
you like significantly smarter it would just allow you to work on tasks in a
faster and more efficient manner for example the ideal day when I use
modafinil the practical way that I use modafinil is I would plan the whole day
before I get on modafinil because with modafinil you'll find that you're very
distractible you'll find that you don't really have a good judgement of what
your priorities are so the ideal way is like make your ideal schedule first and
then take your modafinil afterwards although of course I'm not promoting it
I don't recommend it of course speak to your GP about these things I'm just here
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