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People's response to this varies widely but many people report feeling heightened sense of mental acuity wellbeing, et cetera. It is a bit of a stimulant like anything that triggers activation of the dopamine and norepinephrine pathway but is an interesting supplement.
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There's a compound. That's kind of interesting in the supplement space that isn't MaCuna appearing, L-DOPA it's not L tyrosine that isn't promoting massive releases of dopamine or even dopamine alone but a combination of dopamine and serotonin. And it's an intriguing molecule it's sold over the counter. ... fenal ethyl fenal Ethel aiming, or P-E-A pea or beta fenal Ethel aiming releases dopamine at low levels but also serotonin and low level. So it's kind of a cocktail of the motivation molecules as well as the quote unquote here and now molecules.
Things like PEA or a more subtle effect. I should mention PEA supplementation is something that a number of people use but it's very short-lived. Because of the half-life of this molecule was very brief, the effect only lasts about 20 minutes or so.
And then the other supplement that I certainly use, and that I know a number of other people use is more fast-acting, but more potent, which is phenylethylamine. This relates to the so-called PEA molecule, PEA P-E-A and phenylethylamine increases dopamine and some metabolites related to dopamine in ways that really increase energy and feelings of well-being and motivation.
Now there's one other compound that I've used from time to time and that I continue to use in order to increase focus and concentration and I will use this in combination with the other supplements I talked about before and that's phenylethylamine. Phenylethylamine is in the dopamine synthesis pathway, so it increases dopamine transmission and tends to function a little bit differently than L-tyrosine.
And, of course, there are other legal supplements that can elevate dopamine as well and particular phenethylamine is very effective in doing that. 600 milligrams of that has a brief effect lasting only about 30 to 45 minutes. But it is one that many people find beneficial for sake of studying or for creative thinking and so on and so forth.