Until a couple of years ago, I used Guarana to get through the pain wall of intense physical training. Guarana contains caffeine. Caffeine works by stimulating the central nervous system (CNS), heart, and muscles. Guarana also contains theophylline and theobromine, which are chemicals similar to caffeine.

When I became as fit, as fast and as strong as I wished to be I dropped my intake of imbibed stimulants to zero. The natural endorphin hit that I get from aerobic and anaerobic sessions is super addictive enough.

 

How was your sleep,adrenaline and dopamine levels,did you feel any nervousness?

I take herbal stuff,ginseng,gingko biloba etc...also brewers yeast in pill form and glutamine.
Helps a lot,also coffee 2x day is a must.

 

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A lot of people here citing the law as a good reason lol. The legality of something is irrelevant. Alcohol is legal; and it is the worst drug I know of. I smoke a lot of grass--unashamedly.

 

@Von_Steyr
My sleep patterns improved, appetite increased and adrenaline stayed ok. Had a 10 beats per minute resting heart rate rise immediately after popping a chiclet of Guarana gum into my mouth, which meant I had a narrower aerobic endurance "window" but I tweaked my training loads to compensate for that. Lost a shitload of body fat but developed sport-specific muscle; thus, not much weight reduction.

I see you're doing some really nice supplements. Well done. I'm impressed.

 

This is the problem: How long is it possible to control any of these (if at all)?

 

Is this issiue really importent when it comes to producers alone?

What about all other kind of professions that have a heavy drug consumption.... IMHO it´s a huge problem, not just among producers, but in general in many industries worldwide!

Cheers

 

Only in so far as it makes you vulnerable.

 

You know what,i might just try Guarana now as well.
Need to lose some fat and gain more strength and body muscle as winter left some things that need fixing.
Thanks for the information DarthFader.

 

I refuse to believe that people in the music business would use illegal drugs. No way!

 

Honestly, when I'm doing business, I judge people by their talent and professionalism. I couldn't care less about their addictions or anything else.

 

Recently I've been using speed to write with - Works great - Nonstop production for like 9 hours solid -
Always end up with something good to work with - Only thing is - Tiredness for a few days afterwards !
So I've stopped that now - In fact - I still have a large amount left in my freezer right now

 

So long as you don't do any drugs that's OK. ;)

 

I leave that shit to other professionals.

 

Why is it that whenever you really need a snort of Lemsip your nose is totally blocked up. Eh?

 

Damn, lol. What even is that? Being tied up by hands and feet and having 3 dildos penetrated from a firework into your arsehole, for 5 hours non stop?

 

People take cocaine in the studio I imagine because it destroys your inhibitions.. Which can make it a good thing, at the same time very dangerous.. A lot of people that are "in their head" when they create, probably use it so they can get out of their head. But, that lack of inhibition can also inspire you to run with things that would have normally not made it off the runway..

 

I tested nearly all common drugs in conjunction with music making and saw no personal improvements by myself.
About 100 years later, I'm lucky being still alive and making some sound soberly.

Hell yes, Guarana...I totally forgot it for over 20 years now. Good stuff.

Off topic:

My favorite flavors for vaping:

- cheesecake
- peach/icebonbon
- woodruff/icebonbon
- lemongrass

What are yours?

 

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Wanna tap into your inner musical Creations..... Shrooms are the way to go!!!
disclaimer if you are on meds or have a nasty past, it's best to skip this lesson.

 

On one side i understand people that are under enormous stress,producers,artists etc,hell even athletes,they need to come up with a result or they are fucked.
An artist leaves his work if he dies,it has to be worth something doing it...but regular people,risking death or fried brains for one lousy party with david guetta,nah.

 

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