Hi,
I was wondering if I could get a little feedback on the stack I am starting. I've got several goals to reach, so I'm planning on a long term addition of a rather comprehensive number of supplements. Besides, they are so damn cheap, and most have been shown to work in complement with eachother.
I am 31, 160lbs, 5'6", moderately out of shape.
My goals:
Diet supplementationI've been vegan for 3 months, after being vegetarian for 10 years, and I am concerned that my diet is leaving me a little run down: when I first started out, I was pretty sick for a couple of weeks, thanks to some very poor advice I received from a book on Veganism. A daily B complex supplement and a little more attention to my diet put me back on track but I am still concerned that I'm not taking adequate care of myself.
Polyphasic sleep support, nootropic enhancement, and stressIn addition to general stress and nootropic enhancement needs I am in the process of tranfering to a polyphasic sleep, otherwise known as the
Uberman Sleep Schedule. Simply put, this involves taking a twenty minute nap every four hours,
instead of sleeping 8 hours every night. This may sound nutty and unsound, but it's been utilised by a great many people: Buckminster Fuller, Leonardo Da Vinci, Salvador Dali and Abrahamn Lincoln are a few. Getting on and off it is a bitch and a half, but I'm so much more alert.
Consequently, I am concerned about growth hormone levels, cortisol and in particular, cardio-vascular health. And, anything that can help me keep my head clear and
energy up during the fuzzy first couple of weeks would be useful indeed.

(I've lived on a polyphasic schedule before, so I know what it's going to be like)
Fitness enhancementI've had to seriously curtail my workouts and running due to joint pain, back pain, tendonitis and other RSI issues.. So, I'm taking chondritin/
glucosamine. Unfortunately, according to the literature, it looks like it will be a few months before this has any effect. Very frustrating, to be out of shape (by my standards, at least) and unable to do much about it. I am, however, walking and jogging slowly every day, doing sit ups, push ups and one-armed push ups: taking the slow, steady route.
To these ends, I'm going to be taking:
- Multivitamin
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Niacin - B complex
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Zinc -
Creatine - Soy
Protein - Acetyl-carnitine 1 gram 2x day
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Piracetam 1 gram 2x day
- Alpha-GPC 1 gram / day
-
R-ala (kept in the freezer to retain potency)
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Phosphatidylserine 300 mg / day
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Taurine 1 gram 2x day
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L-Tyrosine 1 gram 2x day
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Glucosamine/Chondritin
I say 'going to' because I intend to add them into my diet slowly, to figure out what is which agree or disagree with me. That said, I tried all of these together, and all I ended up with was gas, the shits, and an urge to sleep heavily (At this point, I've trained myself to fall asleep in under a minute, and wake up without an alarm after exactly 15 (I don't know why it's fifteen: that's just when I always wake up) consequently, I was rather surprised to find myself struggling to get out of bed, having overslept my nap by an hour and a half).
Fortunately, the farts were all bark (i.e. carbohydrate farts), and I had given a dose to my girlfriend too, so we scared the dog together

So, I've dropped the Tyrosine,
Taurine, ALCAR for the time being (these seems include the ones that knocked me out/gave me g.i. distress.) I'm taking the rest either blended in a fresh fruit/soy milk/brown sugar smoothy, or blended into Lemonade. (Except for the Alpha-GPC, which doesn't dissolve well at all, so I just swallow it). Still got the shits though, but I'm not too worried about that.
I've also got a stash of
GABA, hoping to increase GH levels, but I am rather cautious about taking it, since I'm sure that it will make me groggy. Also, some
Phenibut, but I'm not planning on taking that with any frequency.
Comments welcome. Am I missing anything? Am I going about this the wrong way? What should I be doing instead?
Thanks!