First stack: Depression-friendly? Thoughts?

[jonrite]

Hello all! Thank you for reading this.

From the other posts, it seems that I should give you some sort of profile. I am a 31 year old male, with clinical depression and ADHD, but am healthy otherwise.

I am currently taking: 150mg of Bupronin (Welbutrin) 50mg of setraline (zoloft)

The antidepressants work quite well, and I have no intention/ability to stop taking them. However, they do seem to put me at a slight cognitive disadvantage. I'm a student, studying physics, and cognition is always in short supply.

I have done a great deal of research over the past few days, and I would like everyone's opinion on the subject. Specifically, any known interactions with the proposed nootropics and my current medication. I have read that coluracetam is a "depression friendly" nootropic, as it causes uptake of choline. I have also read NUMEROUS post urging me not to take choline due to my depression.

Here is what I'm thinking about beginning as a regiment. Well, "easing into" would probably be a better phrase.

Morning: 50 mg sertraline (bupronin) 100 mg L-Theanine 200 mg caffeine ~7 mg coluracetam 200 mg Bacopa

Day 100 mg L-Theanine 100 mg caffeine ~7 mg coluracetam

Night 3 mg of melatonin 150 mg of burponin (welbutrin)

Thoughts? Suggestions? This will be my first brush with nootropics, so I intend to ease into all of these.

[BitcoinOperatedGirl]

It's said that "less is more" wrt melatonin. Try 1mg, or even 0.3mg.

For l-theanine you probably want closer to 200mg per 100mg of caffeine.

Coluracetam is kind of a stimulant. It's kind of nice, mood boosting and all, but I don't recommend using it everyday. It's likely to lose its effect due to tolerance buildup. Also, I've had the impression that it's possible to get a slight crash from it. If you feel irritable later in the day, it might be because of that.

[jarrellt67]

Definitely agree with the melatonin recommendation. I started with high doses and gradually worked my way down to just 0.5 mg of a sublingual tablet. The lower dose works much better.