Hi, this is my first post, so here goes.

I'm a teenager going into college in a couple months, and during the summer I would like to find a good stack to help me concentrate, focus and just generally be more efficient. Right now I'm stuck in a bit of a bad cycle when it comes to working. When studying a new subject or coming back to one I often find myself completely engrossed in what I'm doing for a couple weeks or so. When this happens I really get supercharged. I'm always thinking of new ideas, I eat really healthy and work out like a madman (mostly martial arts) However, after a couple weeks I just burn out, and will be depressed and useless for a couple weeks. Part of this could be the fact that I do use some recreational drugs, mainly marijuana (too much).

What I'm looking for is something to help me prolong and intensify the periods where I am motivated, and to help fight the depression that saps my motivation. I have done a decent amount of research into nootropics, but I'm no expert. I'd love it if someone would suggest a reasonable inexpensive combination that will help with this.

Also, I'm really glad that I found this site, incredibly interesting. I'm going to be studying cognition in college, mainly philosophy and linguistics, although AI, nueroscience and pharmocology are all so damn tempting. So good going everyone.

-Iso

a piracetam and hydergine combo is a good places to start. Cholinesterase inhibitors, like huperzine and galantamine, can also help.

OK, thanks. Due to time/money restrictions I think I'm just gonna use a premade stack, I picked one up that had Huperzine and some other fun stuff in it. It's called Focus Formula. I'm also gonna order some piracetem online to combo with it. This seem like a good plan?

I am just beginning to assemble my own stack. I will say that any pre-made combo on a daily dose basis all appear to be very expensive. Bulknutrition provides bulk powders and are well recommended by the resource thread of this board. I have created a spreadsheet model that allows me to instantly determine daily cost or cost per unit and the comparisons can be startling.