hey everybody it's michael at review nootropics and talk personal development during this
video we're going to talk about nootropics that can help you if you're sleep deprived
i've personally only gotten about five hours of sleep over the past night and this is the
nootropic snack that i'm personally using myself so what i want you to consider is throwing out
your modafinil throwing out all your caffeine as though that's what typically people use to
help them overcome a sleep deprived state and strongly consider looking into these new tropics
important disclaimer for this video is these nootropics are specifically designed for those
people who are sleeping a few hours less than normal i'm not talking about people pulling all
nighters that's a completely different snack perhaps we'll address in another video what do
we take in the morning and what do we take in the afternoon evening in order to be in an alert state
and what i want to do is draw your attention to this really neat image here which kind of break
down some of the issues that you're dealing with when it comes to being in a sleep deprived state
we're looking at memory issues mood changes trouble with thinking as well as concentration
accident so think of car crashes or making mistakes more frequently however from my
personal experience what seems to be the worst thing about being in a sleep deprived state is
that you're in an awfully bad mood you're more irritable you're a bit edgy what's really neat
is that even on examine.com they have their own heading for symptoms of sleep deprivation and if
you're unfamiliar with the site what they do is a really good job at summarizing a lot of research
and studies in order to show us what's effective and what's not and we can see here for fighting
symptoms of sleep deprivation they show that creatine is effective l-tyrosine is effective and
rhodiola rosa is affected let's first take a look at creatine and if you're unfamiliar with creatine
it's a supplement most commonly used when it comes to muscle building even lowering body fat mass
because what it does is help you with exercise by you can say pulling more water into your muscles
and helping you with performance so then for instance if you're somebody that's plateaued
at maybe six or seven reps on a particular exercise you'll find that once you've properly
taken creatine and it's all saturated in your system then you're able to push out seven or eight
reps you're getting one or two extra reps and as well creatine is known to have some benefits with
cognition including better memory better alertness but it's not in my experience as a matter of fact
i think creatine is horribly overrated in terms of its effects as a nootropic however i am still
using it in order to achieve better exercise and building more muscle in fact the form which i
like most is green magnitude this is by controlled labs i really like this product what they've done
is they've combined a couple of different forms of creatine they have l-tyrosine in it which is
the other supplement which i mentioned that can help with sleep deprivation they've got taurine
and they've got some other good stuff so what this does is really help you with performance you take
a little bit either pre-workout or post-workout and doesn't have any stimulants what do i think
in terms of using it for sleep deprivation i would say thumbs down and here's the reason
why if you're in a sleep-deprived state you would like to think there's no tropics out there which
are going to help you instantly like having a cup of coffee for example is gonna give you a
good energy boost for maybe two to three hours but the problem is then you have the crash the jitters
and the bad side effects that come along with it with creatine even if we look at this study
here they have on examine.com with respect to the benefit of helping you in a sleep-deprived state
it was a great study because they used 20 healthy men between the age range of 18 to 29 however
they didn't see any results with creatine loading until the 36 hour mark which goes to show you that
if you are to just use it a couple times during the day it's not like it will really help however
perhaps if you're somebody that is going through a schedule where you're not gonna get enough sleep
for a good month then you can consider loading with creatine and knowing with certainty that
eventually it will help you out but a couple more effective things would be first rhodiola rosea
which i've got over here this is from the tropics depot 300 to 500 milligrams of rhodiola rosea you
can say two times a day is very effective the way that i would best describe this product is a nap
in a pill it's very effective you get like a good energy boost not only mentally but physically as
well and that's why a lot of people use rhodiola rosia even pre-workout especially when they're
in a sleep-deprived state whether you're like me and you're in sales or you're an entrepreneur or
maybe you're a student heck even if you're like a taxi cab driver rodeo door really effective stuff
and i can't think of any side effects that come along with it it can cause a little bit
of insomnia which you want to look out for here's what the powder looks like it's like this brownish
color and then this is another supplement which i really like for fighting a sleep-deprived state
it's l-tyrosine what is tyrosine it's a amino acid that's found in chicken breast it's also found
in abundance in egg whites but the neat benefit with tyrosine comes when you take it on an empty
stomach or you take it without the presence of other calories so come to think of it like either
taking it first thing in the morning or taking it between meals provided that you've waited
at least a couple of hours since your last meal and what this is going to do is really
help you with boosting your energy levels but it does it in a different way than rhodiola rosia
rhodiola rosea feels a bit more natural whereas this l-tyrosis it feels a little bit more like
coffee in that it gives you that intensity it gives you that mood that euphoric feeling that
you need sometimes especially because when you're sleep deprived you're often in a very bad mood
the way in which l-tyrosine works is it goes through a process of converting to l-dopa and
then converts right to dopamine dopamine it plays a big part in the way we feel it's known as the
reward neurotransmitter so think of it like you executing a task knowing that there's a reward at
the end of it that's kind of the whole dopamine system that's the same reason why personally i
don't use as much l-tyrosine as other people i'm using between one to two grams of it every single
day typically divided into two doses when you do take it pre-workout it's been known to really
help you with exercise and even helps with fat loss during the training session itself the main
difference between a smaller dose of tyrosine and a higher dose is that it seems to work for
a longer period like me myself i haven't found any difference really between taking like 500
milligrams to one gram or even to 1.5 grams how you'll typically find it though in the capsules
is in 500 milligrams sometimes 750 milligrams here's what it looks like you can see it's fairly
small however if you do get in the powder form then that's fine too it doesn't really taste bad
so tyrosine and rhodiola rosea are my two favorite nootropics for overcoming a sleep-deprived state
and that's the same reason why i recommended them in that video over here which are supplements
to help you overcome adderall withdrawals what adderall withdrawals are are pretty much waking
up feeling more tired feeling very lethargic and feeling a bit of social anxiety of which can be
helped through the use of taking l-tyrosine and rhodiola rosia twice per day the way in
which i like taking caffeine if i am sleeping arrived is pretty much only pre-workout because
outside of using it pre-workout you still get the crash however though let's say you have an
important event which is only going to last for an hour maybe hour and a half like you're doing
a speech maybe you're writing a test then you can make the argument that caffeine or coffee
consumption is appropriate given that you're okay knowing that there's a crash afterwards
as long as it does help you get through that vital task so the very best nootropics to take under a
deprived state are those which are going to boost your alertness but you wouldn't consider
it to be stimulants because with stimulants of course you get the up then you get the down but
those new tropics which are going to boost your energy without making you feel a little bit off
are what's going to work so the other ones which i kind of haven't mentioned come to think
of it like a bacopa i personally feel a little bit of an energy boost when i take bacopa i'm suddenly
more aware of my surroundings i feel a little bit clear-minded i like bacopa a lot i'm also
a big fan of the rasta times this is aniracetam i also like piracetam oxiras time and pravaras time
those do help to boost alertness without giving you any bad side effects and some neutrophics
that you may want to consider staying away from or anything which is going to relax you because those
can also make you considerably tired like we have ashwagandha ksm 66 here and this is often found
in sleep supplements because it does have sedating properties in it i found that ashwagandha, ksm 66
although it's a nice mood booster it doesn't really serve the purpose you want it to do if
you do know ahead of time that you are not going to be sleeping properly maybe you have an exam
coming up and what you're looking to do is sleep a little bit less every single day then i would say
it's appropriate first the evening prior to take some supplements that are going to aid your sleep
quality which will allow you to have a lesser sleep duration and yet have an increased quality
of sleep and the most effective thing for that specifically is going to be taking some melatonin
what melatonin is is a supplement used to enhance sleep quality however it's not something you would
use every single day because it does have bad side effects and you can make the argument that taking
melatonin every single day can lead to suppressing your body's natural production and melatonin so
that's something which i would typically take before bed my favorite form of taking melatonin
is through this supplement here called dream water you can typically find this at a gas station it
has a good blend of melatonin 5 htp and gaba very effective stuff it's pretty affordable too i hope
you all found this helpful and the way i'm going to end this video is with an insertion of another
video i've made on a very popular nootropic it's called oxiracetam it's great for alertness and for
motivation be sure to watch that video oxiracetam is a game changer and do me a big favor and click
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state it's michael and i'll look forward to seeing you all next time bye guys all right so what is
oxiracetam it's a water-soluble nootropic it's different than aniracetam in that you can just
ingest it with water versus a meal and it fits in that rastatan family what does the rashtang family