Ignore the pictures for now, they will be topic in the following. I currently take a stack of following:

AM:

• Gotu Kola extract

• Bacopa extract (Doctor‘s Best Synapsa)

• Thiamine (Vitamin B1 - megadosing 3x500mg)

• Vitamin D & K

PM:

• Zinc & Selenium (after dinner in the pm)

These work quite well for my anxiety & depression symptoms like mood, lack of drive, anhedonia and so on. But still some days it seems still very grey.

Now to the pictures:

What can I add from the following supplements I have at hand that you can see on the pictures. I think they could be quite helpful for my symptoms, that‘s why I bought them and have them here (just never really tried them at all or not for long enough).

So we have: Vitamin B3 (Niacin, with flush) — NAC — Magnolia Bark — Dopa Mucuna — Lipothiamine (I think this is the more bioavailable Thiamine called Benfotiamine) — Rhodiola Rosea — SAM-e — Lavender extract (same as standardized Silexan) — L-Phenylalanine — L-Tyrosine — GABA — Ginseng (extract) — L-Citrulline — Inositol — Taurine — Vitamin C

I go on a one week vacation soon so I‘m really open to try a new updated stack. Still I think Bacopa & Gotu Kola are must haves in my stack for my (social) anxiety and depression as they really put me out of deep holes many times yet.

To let you know about my mental issues the last years: Social anxiety is the biggest issue and main source or my depression tbh. If the social anxiety symptoms get reduced my depression instantly improves A LOT. Reason is that without the social anxiety I could go out, meet people, leave my apartment, get something to eat so I don‘t starve or stay all day in bed not moving eating or drinking for days in a row. We as humans are social animals and this social anxiety restricts me in any aspect of life as I live with a roommate, so when I leave my room I am in a pathological situation, when I leave the apartment, I‘m straight in a big mass if people as I live in a bit city, when I want to get something to eat, I need to go to a supermarket seeing people, even delivery would make me have to meet a person. I lose connection to my friends and to my career. Job as well as student life so university and all the courses etc, everywhere there are people and my brain chemistry goes on hell mode, making me mentally suffer a lot and then contributing to my depression because not moving, going out, breathing fresh air, getting sun light, not eating or drinking enough, not having people around you and feeling love, friendship or connection from others, losing friends and career opportunities, never feeling any kind of luck or accomplishment or that you have some kind of skill or opportunity or managed to finish something just can give you depression. By suffering from social anxiety I am restricted and disabled in every aspect of life, no joke, and depression is something that clearly gets caused by this and in a severe way.

To those who tell me to visit a doc: I have been to three different therapists, depth-psychological/analytical as well as cognitive-behavioral, I have been trying out over 15 different meds of various drug classes. I am still in treatment and under supervision of a doc and am prescribed Pregabalin for if needed use which works quite fine but can‘t be used for my daily suffering and daily mental pain because - as said - it‘s only for if needed use and also only works if I take it only as needed and not daily.

Pregabalin and my current stack are the only things helping atm and since all these long years of suffering and being with various docs, meds and therapists. So don‘t tell me uhm if these strong psychiatric meds didn’t work you’re 100% sure supplements won‘t work neither. Because they do! - if you find the right ones, for example the Gotu Kola and Bacopa which I found after many years of researching supplements and nootropics. Black Seed Oil and high dosed Thiamine also worked for some months. And this was also after multiple docs, therapies and strong psychiatric meds failed to work.