So its finals week at my university and usually I get a few Adderall to help me out studying and taking the tests. This time around my friend is out of Adderall and everyone else is charging ridiculous amounts of money for it. Is there any alternative to Adderall/Ritalin/Concerta (natural/herbal or anything else) that would help me not just stay awake, but stay focused? Caffeine works for staying awake, but it does nothing to keep me focused on the material. The only other stimulants I've done are too "hard" to be used for studying (coke, etc). Is there any alternative out there, even if its not as effective?
energy drinks can be good... they're more than just caffeine; all the stuff they put in them works together. ginseng, vitamins, antioxidants, it depends on which kind you get. i like low carb monsters... yerba mate tea is absolutely awesome. seriously, i think it's one of the best things in the world. you can get a pretty big bag of loose leaf at places like whole foods for about $5. the quickest i can go through one of them is probably a month, and i make mine really strong. http://www.guayaki.com/index.php?p=health&id=32 <-- pretty impressive info about it. what i like to do is make a TON of mate at the beginning of the day, or the night before the day i'll need it, and have it with me and keep drinking it throughout the day/night. sometimes i add a little bit of coffee because i like the way they taste together and they seem to compliment each other pretty well. make it so dark that you can't see your hand on the other side of the glass, keep drinking, and i think that's probably your best bet. i went to the desert with a bunch of monks last year, these guys who all go to bed really early, and another group there served a few of us a couple cups, and everyone was up until 5am jumping around. & eat food with healthy fat and protein, like peanut butter. it'll give your body something to work with and probably help. *sigh* taking a pill is so much simpler :H good luck.
Try using your mind completely sober. Do not become dependant on adderall and the like, it is really bad for your body. I used it for a while and still have shaking hands a bit from all the damage it did on my nervous system. I think it is rather sad that its so popular for studying. Try being healthy for a change. Also its just quite a bit funny you consider coke to be hard and adderall not. adderall is basically just speed. That mass pharmaceutical distribution does not bring promises of healthfulness.
wow, great advice.... now go die please. anyway, the only thing i can really recommend is anything with guarna in it, but beware man its like coffee x 10. but im usually concentrating on whatever the task is like adderall. it makes me too jittery tho.
drink some green tea and resign yourself to the fact that college requires library time. Taking addrall for finals is a cliche
A very low dose of shrooms can do wonders, honest! Between 0.25 and 1.0 grams and it works as well as any good stimulant out there.
There is a new/old drug called Desoxypipradrol that is similiar to Adderall, which I love and am thankful for my script. Desoxy is a long lasting very potent stimulant, similiar to adderall and ritalin. From what I understand it is more of a mental stim and not too physical. I just tried some tonight and am going to see how it goes. The only problem with Desoxy from what i hear is that it is so potent and long lasting that if you take too much, you'l be awake and alert for days. I dont really mind that possibility though, as long as it doesn't get too crazy. the clinical dose is 1-5mg, stupid me took 15mg 7 hours ago and am still feeling fine. It is not illegal in the states but is an analog to pipradrol which is a controlled substance. I think/hope Im going to love this stuff as much as I do Adderall, hopefully it will be good for studying and not just staying awake.
