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What are your favorite quasi-drug-but-not-drug recreational substances? (lemmy.world)
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Feel free to be loose with your definitions. "Not usually considered a drug" is fine to qualify as "non-drug", for instance. I'm not really thinking so much of "foods", though, but maybe "food ingredients" and substances found in food ingredients are fine, especially if they're quasi-drug-like or if you'd get a lot of the same benefits/enjoyment from it consuming it straight rather than in food.

Also ITT, tell other users why their substances actually are drugs actually.

Mine:

  • Chamomile - good for my mood and gives me vivid dreams.
  • Capsaicin - I and Wilbur Scoville are well acquainted.
  • Cacao - I don't really do cacao any more because I've quit caffeine, but I include it here because I still miss sucking on unsweetend baker's chocolate daily.
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[–] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

400 mg of l-theanine. Aka two pills. If I don't take any for a while I start with one otherwise it feels like like a extremely mild stimulant.

Just regulates my mood, and gives me focus in the day. Smooths out caffine too makes me feel less wired, and makes me more awake/cognitive awareness. For the mood part i would compare it to eating a 5mg edible where you don't feel high but are more smiley and giggly.

It helped with anxiety and I rebound better off poor sleep.

And for those that don't know its found in green tea or matcha which is originally how I learned about it. I bought matcha powder and noticed it made me feel almost "stoned" or just a weird uplifed mood in the mornings, then just started buying l-theanine. Mornings are supposed to be depressing and a struggle even with coffee so I knew something was wrong.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

    Damn I wish L-theanine did something for me. I thought it was a scam because it does absolutely nothing at all for my mood or anxiety. Shame, because it's supposed to work well for ADHD when combined with caffeine...

    (FWIW a 5mg edible would do nothing for me either. I guess I just have a naturally high tolerance to everything.)

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