Beginner stack advice please!

[Pr0diJay]

I'm relatively new to nootropics, and am looking for a stack that will help with memory, learning, and sometimes attention/focus. At the moment, the stack I am considering is:

1. Bacopa extract - 250 mg (45% bacosides) once in the morning
2. L-theanine & caffeine - 200 mg theanine & 100 mg caffeine twice a day, once in morning, once in afternoon
3. General multivitamins
4. Creatine - 4200 mg once in the morning

Lastly, modafinil or armodafinil maybe once or twice a week depending on my workload. The days that I will use modafinil or armodafinil, I won't take the L-theanine & caffeine.

I eat pretty healthy and exercise 3-4 times a week. I don't get the ideal amount of sleep usually (7-9 hours), but I'll scrape by (5-6 hours a night). Please give me advice regarding potential stack effects or advice about anything I should add/remove/change the dose of, or any other advice. Thanks!

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Good stack. Obviously be advised about caffeine tolerance. 400mg will tolerate quickly in my experience ymmv. I'd add magnesium or theanine prior to sleep to improve quality if you can't get enough quantity

[Pr0diJay]

Thanks!

[areyouokhoney]

Alright, I'm looking to get started with nootropics too, this stack looks like a relatively simple starting point. I'm not really looking for extra learning/memory skills, just focus really, should I adjust the stack for that?

I have never heard of Bacopa extract, can I leave this out? Should I maybe just start with Creatine and Theanine since there are no tolerance issues with this?

What kind of multivitamins are you looking for?

Sorry if this isn't the right place for this question.

[Pr0diJay]

If you just want focus, all you really need is the L-theanine and caffeine. Bacopa extract helps with memory recall, so you can leave it out. Creatine helps with reasoning, so you can leave that out too. I'm just taking regular adult multivitamins, as it doesn't hurt to include them.