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I am deeply skeptical about nootropics for long-term use, and even more about 'natural' nootropics. It smacks just a little too much of woo and pseudiscience.

The self-deconstruction by the post author is interesting, if nothing else.

"Procrastination became just a lack of dopamine. Scatterbrained moments became low-choline moments. Wondering about the meaning of life was just a lack of serotonin. Excessive emotional sensitivity was usually not somebody else being a jerk but just a lack of GABA."

Sorry, but it's not that simple. It's nowhere near that simple. And playing with the levels of neurotransmitters in the brain is, while definitely useful, just a blunt force approach - like using a hammer to drive in uneven screws...

This is blatant and abhorrent spam. They want you to buy their nutritional supplement and are dressing up marketing in a fairly flimsy essay.