hey everyone it's mike i review nootropics and i talk personal development and during
this video today you're going to learn about some alternatives to adderall now if you're unfamiliar
with adderall wow one of the most effective things for work ethic it's a central nervous stimulant
that is a prescription drug used to treat people with adhd attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
so what so is what you can expect from taking adderall come to think of it like the limitless
pill you're pretty much awake stimulated energized euphoric very productive and
it's very very mood uplifting so what's so with adderall is unfortunately when people take it
they find themselves in this bad trap that they're not able to get off of it and because adderall is
a central nervous stimulant it gives you the up but it's followed by the downs so where people
most report bad experiences with adderall is coming off of adderall people may use adderall
for weeks months years and then once they get off of adderall they find that their mood is low
they're experiencing bad work ethic their energy levels are bad they need more sleep than usual
and they're not able to kind of feel like their normal self and that's been my experience not with
adorable with other central nervous stimulants and that i've used concerta i've used ritalin
and i've used vivants all of which are similar in that they're gonna energize you i will admit
i mean you're gonna get a lot done with these things but unfortunately again they come with
the downs so what so is if you're looking to study in a much faster fashion like retain information
have good focus be energized and have good work ethic then not only will they help you with
school and your studies but i have found even in a sales context when i was taking concerta
consistently i was making a lot more money in sales and i was able to sleep less but i'm not
recommending it to anyone these videos are purely educational of course follow the direction of your
general practitioner let's talk about nootropics because what are nootropics they're used to
improve cognition with like memory mood focus concentration so that's what i discussed on
this channel if you haven't yet subscribed do click subscribe and let's talk about some
nice alternatives and the first would be modafinil whereas what modafinil does it's essentially like
a wakefulness agent think of it as something which is not really gonna stimulate you but it's gonna
take away any sleepiness you may have any grogginess it'll allow you to
kind of feel like your baseline self assuming that you're not necessarily well rested well
hydrated maybe you're not eating right or you're not exercising it puts that puts you in that state
of being your most resourceful state throughout the whole course of the day so with adderall
what people most like about it is its ability to allow you to focus for a very long period of time
whereas other nootropics like l-tyrosine or maybe new pep you'll typically need to take them two to
three times a day but at all nope just once and that's where modafinil is somewhat similar because
when you're using modafinil what you can expect is a good eight to ten hours of focus followed by a
little bit of a crash maybe have better thinking better decision making especially in the later
portion of the day as it does help you to fight fatigue and what makes modafinil especially unique
is that you don't really get these bad withdrawals that you get from adderall like there's a lot of
cases of people taking modafinil for months even years and then coming off the stuff and
not experiencing any down or any signs of any withdrawal or kind of anything affecting their
normal usual self at the same time again it's not as powerful as adderall especially when it
comes to the mood euphoria after all you have that anxiety knowing that you can't last forever taking
it you're not going to want to be on the stuff forever because that is very stimulating and you
know you're in this upstate you're so energized both mentally and physically monophthanol not
as physically energizing but mentally you're sharper in a lot of cases especially when it
comes to independent work like maybe you're filing stuff you're behind your computer with the social
context you'll find that with modafinil you can be a little bit impatient you find yourself not
really wanting to be with the presence of others but for independent work believing this stuff is
really good however just keep in mind with modafinil there are some bad side effects
that come with it people do experience this bad modafinal crash yet in the grand scheme
of things if you were to ask me i believe that it does seem a lot more healthy than taking adderall
second alternative would be taking qualiamine and the reason why i mentioned quality of mind versus
one specific nootropic is that if you were to ask me i don't really believe any one nootropic even
if they're good with focus i don't really think that one nootropic can achieve what adderall can
do because adderall is so effective that you would have to combine a bunch of nootropics together to
really have anything which is somewhat competitive and that's where qualiamine does shine because
we're talking about over 20 ingredients over 20 nootropics in this nice blend each serving
is taking seven capsules i'm able to get a discount code which i've linked below because
it's very powerful stuff you've got b vitamins you've got adaptogens to help you to fight fatigue
like rhodiola rosia they've got bacopa which is going to improve your memory they have theobromine
which is the content in dark chocolate which is supposed to be very healthy as an antioxidant
and it's going to really energize you they've got a little bit of caffeine some l-theanine as well
to give you a nice energizing boost without getting a crash and you'll find that with
quality of mind you can really expect like four or five hours of good solid productive energy and
feeling like a well-oiled machine being persistent something which i love about quality of mind is
that they've given us full disclosure with all of the ingredients so we can see what it contains
and we can see the dosages of each particular nootropic and believe me they've done a really
good job you can see here rhodiola roseav they've got the studied amount as far as what's very
effective in humans as well as bacopa meniere and then the other really popular nootropics as well
so if i were to take any of these nootropics independently i would probably take the same
dosages which they have over there which goes to show you that this really is a good blend even for
those of you that are advanced users of nootropics where this product comes handy is let's say you're
on vacation you can't afford to pretty much you know take everything with you all your nootropics
and your scales and whatnot this is where it's nice practical nicely packaged bottle and which is
gonna do the job there's a few different versions of it they've got the original quail mine formula
they've got the caffeine free which i have over here and they as well have a product quality of
mind essentials for those of you that may be on a little bit of a lower budget this is five
vegetarian capsules per serving and at the same time has most of the ingredients up there it still
has our alpha gpc our choline our alcar it's got the bacopa menieri there's only a few ingredients
missing still a very powerful product here is the caffeine free version because i just took some and
it's just after nine o'clock p.m you can see it's brown it kind of looks a bit like lion's mane and
if you're wondering why this contains seven capsules per serving well just think about it
i mean they've got a lot of ingredients there they it's not going to all able to fit in one
capsule really in mind they've really done a good job with its product and in improving your energy
levels because with with qualia mine it contains less than 100 milligrams of caffeine but you would
never guess because you feel so energized both mentally and physically while taking it all right
now the next alternative would be armadaphno come to think of armadaphenol like a longer lasting
version of monopole that's been my experience with it anyway i actually use armadaphenol
before i was introduced to modafinil and what the subtle difference is is that with armadaphenol
it seems to be a lot better at fighting a sleep-deprived state if you've only gotten
five or six hours of sleep you're able to have a very good level of focus throughout the course of
the day yet it has this interesting effect of at the same time allowing you to take naps yet
similar to adderall in that it will suppress your appetite to some extent so i would recommend if
that's a challenge for you then eat your breakfast first and then have your armada funnel afterwards
but ideally it's something like most people do experience the good results taking it
in the morning versus in the afternoon or later portion of the day because it can still negatively
affect your sleep in some interesting ways but as far as memory cognition focus it seems to be there
and at the same time you don't feel off like you would with adderall and you don't have those bad
side effects and that bad come down that crash that you experience when you're taking adderall
in the grand scheme of things modafinil is in my opinion better than armadaphenol for
overall productivity because your focus is better your ability to have these nice subtle shifts
between tasks is very good and your moods a lot better but with armadaphenyl you don't have this
falsely elevated mood kind of masking your true emotions you do feel a bit like your natural self
and at the same time you don't get this bad modafinil crash so both these you kind of gotta
test and choose and trial and error and find out which is a better fit for you
with respect to replacing adderall but they both really do work effectively at improving your work
ethic i have gone through periods of taking our modafinil consistently and it's such that i was
definitely able to get a lot more done just be mindful that this is it's kind of stimulating in
its own way so if you're drinking a lot of coffee i wouldn't necessarily recommend that you do
have a lot of coffee on top of taking armada fennel or modafinil because you'll find
yourself kind of too stimulated to get anything done and it makes for a horribly distracted
state and then the next alternative would be phenylprosthetic i absolutely love this stuff
what's different about it is that this is actually more physically stimulating than it is mentally
so you'll find like when you take phenylplastim i'm typically using it like once in the morning
not every day i would take it like two to three times per week but once in the morning should be
good to last you throughout the whole course of the day and you'll find that like some particular
belts of the day you'll just want to like get up from your desk and go for a run because it's so
physically stimulating that it's even such that fennel press time can really help with workouts
not that i recommend it but i have found that taking phenylprostam prior to my workouts allows
me to achieve like better results in the weight room i'm able to push more reps or if it's cardio
i have a better aerobic capacity to like run the same amount of distance in a much shorter time
but it can uncomfortably elevate your heart rate so be a little bit careful and with respect to
improving your focus uh this is different than modafinil on that it seems to like work after a
couple of hours and then it does get you going and overall you should get some sort of benefit
for about 10 to 12 hours i'm somebody that's very sensitive to phenylprosthetic like i can't even
notice the doses you're like 70 milligrams some users may have to go up to 150 milligrams to 200
milligrams to get a similar like effect of the four nootropics that i have discussed i would
like phenylplastine the most actually because it's really strong at the same time i don't really feel
uneasy or have bad side effects with with the modafinil and our modafinil it seems to increase
my anxiety a little bit this actually keeps me awake more often than modafinil or armadaphenol
would it's such that it's really strong it'll find you'll find sometimes that your mind is just not
able to kind of shut down when you want it to just right before bed um it can kind of suppress your
appetite in a similar fashion that adderall would but some users again they are not that
sensitive to it maybe it's just me i can even notice like 50 milligrams of taking this stuff
and what it looks like is i mean you can typically find it in the powder form and in the capsule
it's kind of like a white powder it would look like l-theanine if you're familiar with it don't
know if you can see that it looks pretty much like an amino acid would it's this white kind
of texture and then other than these phonotropics if you're looking for something lighter perhaps
something you may want to check out is caffeine and l-theanine so what this is it's a compound
where they've mixed caffeine and this amino acid l-theanine which is responsible for
calming you down and being relaxed and this ratio of taking one caffeine to tooth l-theanine allows
a lot of people to achieve better productivity better energy while at the same time being focused
concentrated being nice and relaxed being present and not having anxiety when the typical uneasiness
that you would get with caffeine so like 100 milligrams of caffeine along with 200 milligrams
of l-theanine i'll see if i can link to a product below which you can find that and the way in which
i'll end this video is with an insertion of another nootropic blend that's very popular in
the marketplace called alpha brain you may find that video helpful be sure to click subscribe
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like the fact that they are raising awareness for nootropics as a lot of people still surprisingly
don't even know what a nootropic is and i'm a sincere believer that nootropics can make a
very big difference in people's lives as they made difference in my life in a lot of different ways