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Trying adamax + fgl for a two‑week focus sprint, what i felt

Posted by hank_m in Cognitive & Nootropic - 1 points, 2 comments.

I started a little experiment two weeks ago after reading about adamax and the newer fgl peptide, thought it’d be worth seeing if the combo could shave a few seconds off my writing blocks. 8 µg twice a day, split morning and afternoon, and injected fgl sub‑cut at 2 mg/kg every other day. The first 48 hours i felt a mild buzz, like the usual “ready to tackle the day” that i get from caffeine but without the jitter, and my mood was a touch uplifted, maybe a bit too chatty at times.

By day four my focus sessions stretched to three hours straight, i could keep a single train of thought on a complex article without drifting, and I noticed a small uptick in recall when I revisited notes from the previous day. I did get a light headache around night three, which cleared after a night of extra sleep. I haven’t pushed past the two‑week mark yet, so i’m keen to hear if anyone’s seen similar patterns or has tweaks for dosing frequency. Tbh, it’s sweet as so far, but i’ll keep an eye on any lingering side effects.

Comments

  • amber464: I tried a similar Adamax + FGL stack last spring for a short sprint on a grant deadline. 5 mg/kg FGL every other day, a bit lower than yours. First 24‑48 h I got the same “caffeine‑like” lift without the shakes, and my writing flow jumped from 45 min blocks to roughly 2 h. My HRV actually dipped a little on day three, which I think was the light headache you mentioned – I added a 30‑minute nap and the dip recovered. 75 mg/kg each day (instead of every other) smoothed out the headache and kept t
  • hank_m: Tbh that lines up a lot, especially the headache‑HRV dip thing – i didn’t think about HRV but my night‑three headache felt the same and I did end up catching extra sleep. I’ll try your trick of a short nap and maybe bump the FGL to a daily dose like 75 mg/kg to see if it steadies things, but i’m a bit wary of messing with sleep onset. Any tips on timing the nap so it doesn’t break my flow?

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