Reddit mentions of NOW Supplements, Ginkgo Biloba 120 mg, Double Strength, Non-GMO Project Verified, 100 Veg Capsules

I haven't had too much experience besides piracetam. Like I mentioned, I supplement it with choline occasionally, and I've taken choline on its own before. It seems to emphasize the clear-headedness aspect of piracetam a bit more. Like, as opposed to simply observing the natural unfolding of your internal dialogue, it's easier to control your thoughts; it's like you're slightly more in the driver's seat. It's like you're the conductor of your train of thought (bad pun).

I've also tried aniracetam a couple of times just because a friend had it and offered me some. I may be mistaken, but I think it's basically just a more purified version of piracetam, so you don't need to take as much to get the same effect. I'm not familiar enough with it to elaborate on the subjective effects.

I'm not even sure if this is classified as a nootropic, but rodiola rosea is pretty neat (http://www.amazon.com/Natures-Way-Rhodiola-Rosea-Vcaps/dp/B0001APVP8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1377375730&sr=8-1&keywords=rodiola+rosea). From my experience with it, it's not very stimulating on its own and it doesn't really provide a palpable energy boost. BUT, it is quite effective at prolonging mental stamina. Like if you had a cup of tea and then had a dose, the energy boost from the tea would seem to last much longer. It doesn't really wake your mind up so to speak, your level of mental energy just sort of plateaus and lasts longer. I'd recommend it.

There's also L-theanine (https://www.google.com/shopping/product/8127454047477366049?q=l-theanine&client=firefox-a&hs=Fxg&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&bvm=bv.51156542,d.dmg,pv.xjs.s.en_US._-554IbEZc0.O&biw=1268&bih=533&tch=1&ech=1&psi=MRwZUqqDDIWn4AO1sID4Dw.1377377507796.3&sa=X&ei=MxwZUovoMvPe4AP0uoCwDQ&ved=0CJABEPMCMAM), which goes good with say.. a strong cup of coffee. People recommend taking it with caffeine pills. It allows you feel the raw stimulation from the caffeine without some of the negative side effects like the jitters or nervousness. It sort of chills you out, but you don't lose any mental stimulation because of it. It make it easier to harness and control the energy. It's also a natural ingredient in green tea.

I also recently started taking ginko biloba (http://www.amazon.com/Foods-Ginkgo-Biloba-120mg-Vcaps/dp/B0013OVZCO/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1377377768&sr=8-4&keywords=ginko+biloba). It doesn't really seem to stimulate my mind or enhance my memory very much. It's hard to explain. It sort of partially eliminates extraneous mental chatter..if that makes any sense. It seems to quiet your automatic thoughts a bit, and sort of puts your mentality more in the present moment. Sometimes the effects can be felt on a bit of a physical level (for me anyways), in a good way. It seems to increases blood flow throughout your whole body, and it can make you feel sort of loosy-goosy, like as if you had just stretched or something. One notably neat thing I've noticed about it is that it can make time seem to fly by sometimes. I've been taking it at work recently; usually 3-4 60mg capsules over the course of a ~10 hour shift. Usually the last few hours of the shift would seem to go by SO SLOW, but now when I dose on biloba, more often than not, I find myself rushing to finish a bunch of stuff I had to do because I lost track of time and the hours just flew by, and I barely even noticed.

This one is sort of random, and hardly a nootropic, but I am a fan of this stuff (http://www.amazon.com/5-Hour-Energy-Decaf-Citrus-12-Count/dp/B001BWY67Y/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1377379042&sr=8-1&keywords=decaf+5+hour+energy). It gives you most of the good stuff from energy drinks, minus the obnoxious (often ambiguously labeled) amount of caffeine. It gives you a nice smooth boost of energy that feels very natural. And you don't have to worry about not being able to fall asleep later.

I once made a nootropic concoction of my own, and went through a phase where I would have it if I really needed a boost. I would brew green tea and black tea together, mix in some piracetam, and then put an Emergen-C (http://www.amazon.com/Emergen-C-627794-Super-Orange-30-count/dp/B00016RL9G/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1377379646&sr=8-1&keywords=emergenC) in it, mix it up, and chug it all down. It tasted...okay. But it certainly did the trick. Also mixing V8 vegetable juice and piracetam can make you feel pretty nice, it sort of tastes like vegetables that have just been sprayed with pesticide though :X

I didn't even realize I was such a nootropic nerd until I started ranting and raving in this comment section. You've opened the flood gates lol. There's still a lot I've yet to try and many I've never even heard of. PM me if you want to ask any follow up questions =)

PS, sorry about the obnoxiously long links...whatevs

>Antidepressants are what now?

Nice riddle. I would say NOW Ginko Biloba.