What does ALCAR do for you?

Neuro

I've been taking ALCAR for over almost 2 weeks now and it's an interesting nootropic to say the least.

The first day it had a rather strong rapid antidepressant-like effect. It's not an obvious effect, it's like it alters the mind at a fundamental level. It's not that negative thoughts and emotions don't arise, it's that the mind no longer preferentially chooses them first. In short, ALCAR seems to make the mind more emotionally balanced.

The first week, ALCAR consistently uplifted my mood and even produced a euphoria-like effect when it would kick in. There was definitely a stimulant-like effect with it. However, the euphoric effects would only last 10 minutes or less. On the other hand, my hands were noticeably sweaty the first week, it's a rather annoying side effect.

Fortunately, that side effect has largely dissipated.

I've also noticed a slight anxiolytic effect. Memory was also slightly improved in the first week.

In the second week I feel like the positive effects have decreased but not completely vanished. I'm not sure if increasing the dose would help in this regard.

I'm almost at three week mark and looking back I've only really had positive effects in the first few days. After that, apathy started increasing, but more so in the background. I also have bouts of melancholic depression with ALCAR.

I'm not sure if I should continue it.

The only reason I've been able to make this thread is because I started taking TMG 3 days ago. If it wasn't for that then I would essentially be doing nothing.

Galaxyshock

What dose of ALCAR do you take?

I'm taking a couple weeks break from ALCAR, but I've ordered a bottle of my favourite pre-workout supplement which contains 800 mg ALCAR per serving and I should get it this week.

In my experience ALCAR has that rapid anti-depressant effect initially but it dissipates in few days for me. ALCAR also improves mental endurance and attention for me + possibly aids in weight loss.

Neuro

I take 500 mg everyday in the morning after eating. I think I might have tried 1000 mg in the past, maybe over 6 years ago, and I don't think I liked it.

Have you tried a higher dose?

Yeah, the rapid anti-depressant effect is nice but it also rapidly dissipates. It's somewhat similar to Cordyceps in feeling. It also improves my mental endurance and attention. Not sure about weight loss, but I think I read it might be helpful in that regard.

I tried taking it every 3 days to sort of maintain the rapid anti-depressant effect but it's somewhat of a rollercoaster and I don't really like it. I prefer stability. Also, it seems to weaken the effect. So some tolerance still forms.

Galaxyshock

I think biggest dose was 1500 mg in a fat burner product. I don't think it produced any noticeable extra beneficial effects compared to the 800 mg. But I haven't taken ALCAR alone, it's always been just one ingredient of a supplement I've taken. Maybe I should buy separate ALCAR powder to experiment more.