When I was a kid I read that mint flavorings can help the blood vessels in your head dilate, increasing the amount of blood flow to your brain and therefore helping you do better on studying and tests.

Whenever I have a test to study for or to take, I made it a point to keep some sort of mint flavored candy around, and consistently across the board I have always done better on tests than my peers.

That being said, it is entirely plausible that this is a placebo effect, but I like my placebo and it works for me. Perhaps it will work for you as well.

[–] cheers_queers@lemm.ee 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

I've heard that chewing a specific flavor of gum while studying for a test, and then chewing the same flavor while taking the test, tricks your brain into recall by association.

[–] braxy29@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

this is how i justified going to exams stoned back in my undergrad days. i studied high, figured i better test high.

[–] TheSlad@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 weeks ago

It was incredibly common at my school for teachers to hand out lifesaver mints before standardized tests.

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[–] ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 weeks ago

✨ alcohol✨

[–] serenissi@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

This is caffeine acting on brain and unlikely any change in blood pressure per se. You can try measuring bp a few time before and after chugging red bull to see how much it changes.

[–] fuck_u_spez_in_particular@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Oh it does change, it's still a stimulant. AFAIK basically all stimulants increase blood pressure. The degree varies of coarse...

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[–] Sabata11792@ani.social 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

My daily Monster and blue flavored nicotine and weed air is working a lot better and some how has less side effects. Although, longevity is outside the scope at this point.

[–] Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

blue flavored nicotine

[–] AeonFelis@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

My dad still swears it was the red bull and snickers and not the medical ...

Wild that someone would think the Red Bull and Snickers are doing it directly without going through the some-ingredients-in-these-products-are-affecting-your-body route.

[–] volvoxvsmarla@lemm.ee 4 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

When I start having a feeling of getting a cold I drink Bayer's Aspirin Plus C. It's literally just aspirin and vitamin C but I swear it works. Not drinking aspirin and vitamin C but only this overpriced combination. When it is dissolved in water, grossly enough. Nothing else works. If I don't drink it, I get a cold.

I literally worked in pharmaceutical science and I know this is complete bullshit borderlining homeopathy but I still swear by it. I wrote a whole academic work on vitamin C supplementation having no effect on getting a cold. And I still do it 😭

[–] shneancy@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

placebo is one hell of a uh not drug!

i noticed that sometimes when i have something important coming up, and i start feeling ill, i can just, force myself to stop? Literally tell myself "nuhuh, we're not getting ill right now, that's not the time" and it works? well not always, but more than it should

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[–] ashitaka@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

Rockstar and pseudoephedrine Claritin with a fresh made breakfast burrito. Discovered I could focus easily for hours as the stimulants with a full stomach of food kept me from being overstimulated. Ironically cost me a lot more than Ritalin does as I didn’t have the time or money to pursue a diagnosis at that time.

[–] BilboBargains@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

Started with caffeine as a child and never really stopped. School was a problem and I sought solace in cannabis as a teen. Eventually cannabis became toxic to my mental health and I quit it in my twenties, and alcohol somewhat filled the void. A ten year hiatus from all substances ensued but I hated my job and went back to education to retrain and this is where I really got into it with drugs.

Motivating long and boring tasks is ADHD kryptonite, as I'm sure many here are familiar. This particular motivational mountain was a PhD thesis and my weapons of choice were opioids, cocaine, amphetamine and benzodiazepines. Opioids are great for motivation, stimulants sharpen the concentration and benzos let me sleep. I was unaware of ADHD at this time but I knew something was wrong and that this cocktail was completely unsustainable.

Fast forward three years and I finally learn why I seek these things, it's ADHD, duh. Now I have the correct medication and therapy I never think about drugs. I'm happy and productive, I can work on undoing forty years of pretending to be someone without an attention deficit.

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