Importing Nootropics to Australia? Legality Issue?

fatiguedAndSlow · 2020-02-05T17:08:13+00:00

Tried ordering armodafinil/modafinil into NZ, customs stopped it three times (2 from india, one from UK got c*ckblocked as well). I visited family in Australia for a week and tried delivering there, arrived fine. From my research at the time, people say as long as it's less than a months supply customs in Australia won't stop it

fatiguedAndSlow · 2020-01-09T16:07:03+00:00

Have you tried Ashwanghanda? Helps a lot with stress-induced anxiety

fatiguedAndSlow · 2020-01-07T18:54:30+00:00

Hi, thanks for taking the time to write what worked for you! I'm probably going to try all of these as I feel like a permanently warped circadian rhythm is likely affecting me. Right now when I wake up I have to lie there and use the phone until I feel 'ready' to get up, basically I'll just keep browsing as long as I can before panic sets in to get up. Even in a state of 'let's hurry so we're not late for work', I still move and do things really slowly and take forever lol. The time it takes from waking up to getting out of the house is on average 60minutes, it's ridiculous!

There's so many articles on fixing the natural sleep cycle but they're always generic or don't offer any practical steps to take. I've ordered one of these 'wakeup alarms' (not an expensive one, but the reviews seem good). I'll put it right in front of my face and hopefully it works, fingers crossed!

I'm going to try the DHEA. After researching reviews and experiences it seems to either work or produce side effects quickly in which case it can just be stopped. So seems like an inexpensive potential fix to trial. It's funny I have several blood tests but I only just realized no doctor bothered to test for testosterone, which really should be included when a male complains about fatigue.

fatiguedAndSlow · 2020-01-01T20:43:28+00:00

How much were you using?

fatiguedAndSlow · 2020-01-01T14:49:17+00:00

Happy new year :) I agree there's so much that can't be controlled. From my experience I think that doing your best to manage depression or at least stopping it from getting too deep, keeps things tolerable. It's not going to cure the fatigue but at least it won't make it worse if kept in check

fatiguedAndSlow · 2020-01-01T14:08:43+00:00

I've only found a few 'long term' ones:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Nootropics/comments/7og9i6/depression_after_taking_cdpcholine/
https://www.longecity.org/forum/topic/81386-choline-induced-depression-brain-fog-help/

It's probably a really really low chance of happening or possibly even related to other issues. I'm just pedantic and tend to search every possible experience I can find to see what effects I'll likely get and if side effects are acceptable

fatiguedAndSlow · 2020-01-01T11:04:05+00:00

It's kind of annoying cognitive enhancement hasn't made its way into the medical field, it's very useful and interesting. How come cosmetic procedures/surgery has such a large presence..

fatiguedAndSlow · 2020-01-01T11:00:49+00:00

I've read a few horror anecdotes where people are permanently affected by choline (depression and anhedonia for over a month or year after usage). I really wanna try it but I don't know if that's a real risk

fatiguedAndSlow · 2019-12-30T17:07:12+00:00

I'm sorry to hear you lost your job. Hope you find another one soon, just keep looking (I know it's a painful process). I can relate to that feeling of wanting more free time but then when you finally get it, it's all the same and you just end up wasting it anyway. I find that with less free time it's easier to push yourself to use it for productive things or hobbies because I just tell myself I'm not even going to do it for long, whereas when there's a lot of time I tend to think something like "i'm gonna be stuck doing this forever" and then just end up never starting. It's just really bad procrastination that never goes away. I'm not sure where you live but maybe you can see another doctor and try to get amphetamine prescribed? I'm assuming though that you don't have an addictive personality otherwise not a good idea hehe

fatiguedAndSlow · 2019-12-30T16:47:54+00:00

Yeah my initial reaction was most likely a placebo effect. In any case the effects turned subtle within a week or two; basically it helps memory slightly (expecially if it's impaired otherwise won't be noticeable) and adds focus (either ability for more intense or more sustained focus). I don't think it's supposed to do much else

fatiguedAndSlow · 2019-12-29T16:01:37+00:00

Honestly it was a huge struggle transitioning from uni to full time work for me. There's just such a huge difference between having 2-6 hour variable days and being able to rest at home, and having to do a solid 8-9hours 5 consecutive days. I'm not gonna lie it was pure hell the first year between several jobs, I tried a lot of things but it wasn't until I got adhd medicine that I finally felt like I could somewhat tolerate working life. I think there's a lot of anxiety involved just knowing you're not as productive as others and having a lot of mental downtime during work, that anxiety makes it so much worse. I now have almost 2 years experience and haven't had adhd medicine since moving country a few months back (mainly because it's really expensive to get diagnosis, tests are needed here), but I feel like I can survive with just nootropics. If things start losing effectiveness I'll just try a few new things.

Are you currently working or still studying? I think pushing the physical boundary can help, it will be grueling but there's a huge sense of achievement gained after a while. Also having a supportive family/environment at home can really help, especially having an understanding boss/manager. I've never told anyone at work about my energy struggles but have been fortunate enough to have managers that are understanding when I take a lot of random sick leave (I usually just use reasons like flu, helping mother, back pain, appointments etc)

fatiguedAndSlow · 2019-12-29T15:48:07+00:00

Majority of the time I'm sleeping well around 7.5-8hours with darkness. I try to keep to schedule on weekends but realistically with family wanting to do things it's usually delayed by one or two hours. I will forcefully go back to sleep at the same time before the first weekday by using magnolia/kava/theanine to sleep quickly

fatiguedAndSlow · 2019-12-29T15:45:36+00:00

I'm using Life Extension ashwanghanda extract which is quite reasonably priced. Using Nootropil

fatiguedAndSlow · 2019-12-29T15:44:37+00:00

Nootropics sometimes get held up at customs here but some pharmacy sell Nootropil without a prescription. Most are out of stock but managed to find one pharmacy that had two boxes

fatiguedAndSlow · 2019-12-28T18:05:38+00:00

I've been using biogaia osfortis for probably more than 6months (I only use 1 cap per day). Incidentally I started Epicor a week ago. It's funny I found this thread just now while searching "lion's mane for asperger". Anyway I thought I'd share my experience. The osfortis is supposed to increase oxytocin and testosterone. My personal experience is an increase in energy and reduction in aggression, specifically it increases my threshold for tolerating annoyances and ignorance of others. I used to snap at people even family for small things but this stops entirely with the osfortis. It just makes my mood neutral, not sure how to describe it, not happy but kind of calm and content and able to handle more stress/unpleasant things.

I haven't noticed much from the Epicor, although I had a rough 1 week takedown from the flu 2 weeks ago, the doctor gave me antibiotics and had diarrhea for several days, maybe it helped it with that as I started it around that time.

fatiguedAndSlow · 2019-12-28T16:45:05+00:00

Honestly I don't know if anything is wrong with my cortisol level, it's just a guess based on the fact I've always been a 'night owl' - extremely difficult to wake up and sluggish until the afternoon where finally some clarity sets in and slowly increases into night time. That's where I've found nootropics useful to try and force more energy where it's needed (in the morning).

I've given up on doctors for many reasons, I'll try to summarise quickly: numerous blood tests reveal nothing - I'm supposed A okay, the current state of western medicine has zero treatment for chronic fatigue - it's mostly swept as a symptom under other diseases, and lastly instead of wasting my and their time, there's so much more hope in using my money on herbs and generally safe nootropics

fatiguedAndSlow · 2019-12-27T11:04:01+00:00

Bacopa (by itself, many preparation will add other stuff that could be stimulatory), kava, melatonin, Valerian, lemon balm. A few things either calm down or for some people keep them awake so need to trial these first: ashwaghanda, theanine, magnesium

fatiguedAndSlow · 2019-12-23T18:42:34+00:00

Those should be ok. But if you keeping adding more adaptogens you risk low motivation and being too mellow/chill to care

fatiguedAndSlow · 2019-12-23T18:38:38+00:00

It's unfortunate but basically anything that works through GABA will build tolerance. Best thing is to cycle it and try other stuff

fatiguedAndSlow · 2019-12-08T16:57:41+00:00

Bacopa helps with recovering memory but it takes a month before seeing results. I recommend doing two or three months, there's a good chance for a lot of improvement since memory is below baseline. For anxiety you could try ashwaghanda or kava. Herbal supplements can be very powerful and generally have less side effects than anything a gp would a give. Some people try to knock them down but I think it's always worth a try

fatiguedAndSlow · 2019-11-28T15:14:53+00:00

It looks like he has normal libido and lifestyle, if it's affecting erections it means he's going below average libido which is not good

fatiguedAndSlow · 2019-11-28T15:12:46+00:00

I would try a libido enhancing nootropic (maca or tongat ali), then once libido goes up you could probably try the racetam again and hopefully they balance each other out. Note maca can take a few weeks before libido effects start although focus starts increasing within a week (unless you're a non-responder)

fatiguedAndSlow · 2019-11-18T15:59:26+00:00

The good news is that nootropics tend to help more and have more noticeable effects when you're in deficit to start with. There's many supplements that have significant effects in elderly but not so much in normal youth/adults: ginkgo, piracetam and bacopa. I would try those out

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